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Callixtus
12/17/17 12:26:25 PM
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In 1997, a forensic examiner in Berlin reported one of his more unusual cases in the journal Forensic Science International. A 31-year-old man had retired for the evening to the converted garden shed behind his mothers house, where he lived with his German shepherd. Around 8:15 p.m., neighbors heard a gunshot from the direction of the shed.

Forty-five minutes later, the mans mother and neighbors found him dead of a gunshot wound to the mouth, a Walther pistol under his hands and a farewell note on a table. Most of his face and neck were goneand there were tooth marks around the edges of the wounds. A half-full bowl of dog food sat on the floor.

The German shepherd was calm and responded to police commands. On the way to an animal sanctuary, the dog vomited some of its owners tissue, including skin with still-recognizable beard hair.

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Cats get a bad rap for being the most eager to eat their owners, and anecdotally, some emergency responders say its pretty common. When it happens, cats tend to go for the face, especially soft parts such as the nose and lips, says forensic anthropologist Carolyn Rando of University College London.

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In some cases, its clear that the animals were scavenging to survive. In one 2007 report, a Chow and a Labrador mix survived for about a month after consuming their dead owners body, leaving only the top of the skull and an assortment of bone shards.

Yet in the 1997 case, the German shepherd began eating parts of its owner soon after death.

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Theres no way to guarantee that your pet wont eat you if you die, apart from not having any pets. Even hamsters and birds have been known to scavenge on occasion.


https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/06/pets-dogs-cats-eat-dead-owners-forensics-science/
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BulletWing
12/17/17 12:27:37 PM
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Was the dog named Xsquader?
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FF_Redux
12/17/17 12:30:43 PM
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TrevorBlack79
12/17/17 12:30:46 PM
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I'd rather my pets eat my corpse than starve to death before someone finds them. Then again I don't live alone so that's not really an issue.
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SSBBSB
12/17/17 12:32:19 PM
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BulletWing posted...
Was the dog named Xsquader?

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Cookie Bag
12/17/17 12:34:29 PM
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TrevorBlack79 posted...
I'd rather my pets eat my corpse than starve to death before someone finds them. Then again I don't live alone so that's not really an issue.

The odd thing about this case apparently was that the german sheperd started eating him just after he killed himself... i wonder if it was some sort of reaction to grief...
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Callixtus
12/17/17 12:35:50 PM
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Cookie Bag posted...
TrevorBlack79 posted...
I'd rather my pets eat my corpse than starve to death before someone finds them. Then again I don't live alone so that's not really an issue.

The odd thing about this case apparently was that the german sheperd started eating him just after he killed himself... i wonder if it was some sort of reaction to grief...

The article speculates that the dog might be frantically trying to wake the owner and get so aggressive at it that they draw blood. Once they taste blood face=gone
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rhklce
12/17/17 12:38:46 PM
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I was at a scene where a guy with no family had been dead in his apartment for some time. He had a dog that, since he was no longer getting fed, would eat him. Nobody was there to let the dog out, so he had pissed and shit everywhere. The dog eventually died as well.
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Cookie Bag
12/17/17 12:39:21 PM
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Yeah i guess, the whole "descendants of wolves" kinda explains that a bit, guess its hard to control instinct once they draw blood.
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stone
12/17/17 12:40:20 PM
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Cookie Bag posted...
TrevorBlack79 posted...
I'd rather my pets eat my corpse than starve to death before someone finds them. Then again I don't live alone so that's not really an issue.

The odd thing about this case apparently was that the german sheperd started eating him just after he killed himself... i wonder if it was some sort of reaction to grief...

Possibly the smell of the blood that made the dog do it?
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Kitt
12/17/17 12:40:24 PM
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SSBBSB posted...
BulletWing posted...
Was the dog named Xsquader?

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jpennys_cat
12/17/17 12:41:00 PM
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nevershine
12/17/17 12:41:30 PM
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I see Dawkins has competition now
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stone
12/17/17 12:44:47 PM
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nevershine posted...
I see Dawkins has competition now

He'll be fine, no dog would ever bash its own head on a police car.
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TheCyborgNinja
12/17/17 12:48:26 PM
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My parrots try eating my face while Im alive. Whatever.
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Darkman124
12/17/17 12:48:50 PM
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Callixtus posted...

The article speculates that the dog might be frantically trying to wake the owner and get so aggressive at it that they draw blood. Once they taste blood face=gone


this is a probable outcome

if you let a dog lick at you continuously they will occasionally nip you

nips turn to bites

bites turn to chewing
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Burgess
12/17/17 12:51:33 PM
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stone posted...
nevershine posted...
I see Dawkins has competition now

He'll be fine, no dog would ever bash its own head on a police car.


Y'ever see what happens when a dog chases a car and catches it.
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stone
12/17/17 12:53:23 PM
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Burgess posted...
stone posted...
nevershine posted...
I see Dawkins has competition now

He'll be fine, no dog would ever bash its own head on a police car.


Y'ever see what happens when a dog chases a car and catches it.

Yeah but it's not purposefully banging it's head against it over and over, it's a one time thing.
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kingdrake2
12/17/17 12:58:41 PM
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Burgess posted...
stone posted...
nevershine posted...
I see Dawkins has competition now

He'll be fine, no dog would ever bash its own head on a police car.


Y'ever see what happens when a dog chases a car and catches it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNn518CVmaY

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stone
12/17/17 1:00:16 PM
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kingdrake2 posted...
Burgess posted...
stone posted...
nevershine posted...
I see Dawkins has competition now

He'll be fine, no dog would ever bash its own head on a police car.


Y'ever see what happens when a dog chases a car and catches it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNn518CVmaY

Totally picturing Xsquader doing that to a police car.
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nevershine
12/17/17 1:02:13 PM
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stone posted...
kingdrake2 posted...
Burgess posted...
stone posted...
nevershine posted...
I see Dawkins has competition now

He'll be fine, no dog would ever bash its own head on a police car.


Y'ever see what happens when a dog chases a car and catches it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNn518CVmaY

Totally picturing Xsquader doing that to a police car.

I totally thought the same thing
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Xelltrix
12/17/17 1:31:34 PM
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I'm not using it anymore so that's fine.
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PoopPotato
12/17/17 1:34:16 PM
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No sense in letting your meal get cold.
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Callixtus
12/17/17 3:00:42 PM
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PoopPotato posted...
No sense in letting your meal get cold.

Still I'd rather my pet animal didn't eat my face so I have to have a closed casket.
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Callixtus
12/17/17 6:31:05 PM
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Cpt_Pineapple posted...
Callixtus posted...


The German shepherd was calm and responded to police commands.


Imagine if it a was a black labrador

You know that dog would be later destroyed. Maybe not even later. Right there on the spot.
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Lost_All_Senses
12/17/17 6:34:08 PM
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Xelltrix posted...
I'm not using it anymore so that's fine.

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