Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-99.224.100.249-20150331022419/@comment-10733658-20150401070631

Yeah, you get Kuru because of infected Prions. And the funeral rituals can vary from eating a small piece to consuming the entire body, with the idea that the loved one's spirit remains as a part of them. There's also evidence that ancient/early humans were cannibals, such as finding caves with human bones showing signs of butchering especially skulls that showed signs of the brains being removed. (Cavemen apparently liked them brains.)

And yeah, Valyrie, there's some messed up stuff out there. I recall there was a serial killer in Canada that owned a pig farm, and mixed his victims into the pork to serve to people. In general, cannibalism in killers is tied into some fetish or compulsive belief (that they are a vampire, that they gain power from it, ect). Most prepare the flesh, ones that just chow down on a body are uncommon.

Then there's that one really crazy German case where the victim answered an online ad looking for someone to eat. The killer and victim shared a meal of certain parts of his body before he finally died. It had all kinds of legal questions, since the deceased was a WILLING participant......but obviously not in his right mind if he wanted to be cannibalized and cannibalize himself as well. c_C;