The idea of eating human flesh is common in many horror films, and in some tribal rituals. What happens if you eat it? Watch More: Can You Survive Only Eating Bacon? ►►►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf3Gob793hQ Support Life Noggin on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LifeNogginStudios?ty=h Follow Us! https://twitter.com/LifeNoggin https://facebook.com/LifeNoggin Click here to see more videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/lifenoggin Life Noggin is a weekly animated educational series. Whether it's science, pop culture, history or art, we explore it all and have a ton of fun doing it. Life Noggin Team: Animation by Steven Lawson Director/Voice: http://lifenogg.in/patgraziosi Executive Producer: http://lifenogg.in/IanDokie Director of Marketing: http://lifenogg.in/JaredOban Head Writer: http://lifenogg.in/KayleeYuhas Sources: http://www.livescience.com/51191-cannibalism-prions-brain-disease.html http://www.healthmap.org/site/diseasedaily/article/spotlight-why-cannibalism-bad-you-72612 http://www.academia.edu/368655/Prehistoric_Cannibalism_An_act_of_nutritional_necessity_or_a_result_of_socio-cultural_conditions http://www.pnas.org/content/105/10/3885.long http://anthropology.ua.edu/bindon/ant570/Papers/McGrath/McGrath.htm https://www.inverse.com/article/7449-is-it-possible-to-be-a-healthy-cannibal-and-avoid-prion-disease Written by Michael Sago