Human Cannibalism
The word "Cannibalism" is derived Caníbales , the Spanish name for the Caribs , a West Indies tribe that may have practiced cannibalism, from Spanish canibal or caribal , "a savage". It is also called anthropophagy . Eating your own boogers is gross, but it might be smart. Assuming you have clean fingers. Lung specialist Friedrich Bischinger points out that snot contains antiseptic enzymes that kill or weaken bacteria. Reintroducing those crippled microorganism may allow your immune system to develop antibodies in relative safety. Now, that is good to know. But eating you own snot, is it self cannibalism? Just like cow or chicken or fish or vegetable we are made out of a lot of edible things. The meat on an average human body contains 77,000 dietary calories worth of nutritional energy. But, cannibalism is a major taboo . It's off-putting at a visceral level. Humans have dignity, we are more than just ski...