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DocDelicious posted...

Dogs will wait until they are starving and have been known to die of starvation next to their owner's corpse rather than eat it.

Dogs will eat you. German Shepherds, in particular, are known for eating the face first. Some are so distressed they do so well before they become hungry.

Cats are not scavengers and feasting on a rotting corpse would take longer.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2011/07/would_your_dog_eat_your_dead_body.html

http://bigthink.com/robby-berman/ever-wonder-if-your-beloved-dog-or-cat-would-eat-you-if-you-died

Most of the cases Englehaupt reviewed were of dogs, by a large margin, though there were some cases in which cats were implicated. Cats have a reputation for eating their dead owners, and Englehaupt has heard from EMTs that it's pretty common, but most of the documentation is canine-related. There are even a few reports of hamsters and birds chowing down.

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The 2015 study found that in 24% of all the cases they examined, dogs had begun eating their masters in under 24 hours and some of them even chose to do so in spite of having normal dog food available.

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