# Hannibal (2001): What was the deal with the tape recording? \[unboxed spoilers\]
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**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 7, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-2001-what-was-the-deal-with-the-tape-recording-unboxed-spoilers/974538 "2022-11-07T22:38:07Z")
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### Author:  [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-2001-what-was-the-deal-with-the-tape-recording-unboxed-spoilers/974538/1 "2022-11-07T22:38:07Z")
When Verger calls his head henchman to ask how things are going with the dry run on the murder-by-boars plan, he plays a recording of screaming sounds as the porkers are attacking a Lecter-in-effigy.
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### Author:  [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-2001-what-was-the-deal-with-the-tape-recording-unboxed-spoilers/974538/2 "2022-11-07T23:29:03Z")
In the book, the pigs had been conditioned to respond to the sound of human screaming. It was their signal that it was dinner time.
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### Author:  [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-2001-what-was-the-deal-with-the-tape-recording-unboxed-spoilers/974538/3 "2022-11-08T00:02:18Z")
Ok, thanks. That would explain it.