# Warning: Morbid question about death and pets

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-morbid-question-about-death-and-pets/1018489>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 18, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-morbid-question-about-death-and-pets/1018489 "2025-05-18T01:35:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-morbid-question-about-death-and-pets/1018489/21 "2025-05-19T13:08:10Z")

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Seems only fair to me. I imagine that I have eaten thousands of chickens and fish over the years. And enough bits of cows, sheep and pigs to have eaten quite a few whole ones. Mind you, none of them were pets or, to the best of my knowledge, died in an earthquake.

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-morbid-question-about-death-and-pets/1018489/22 "2025-05-19T13:21:21Z")

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> [@puzzlegal](#):
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> I dunno. One is my cats is a really picky eater. I’m pretty sure she’d starve before eating me.

One of my cats straight up doesn’t want anything but cat food. I’m not sure how she determines what’s “cat food” but she’ll eat different brands of dry kibble from her bowl but ignore bits of raw or cooked meat from various mammals, birds and fish. I have a hard time imagining her actually chewing on a body unless severely desperate.

Anyway, they can chew on me when I’m dead if they’d like and I suppose it wouldn’t be a barrier to adoption. Probably would be for my wife though so, sorry dog/cat.

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**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-morbid-question-about-death-and-pets/1018489/23 "2025-05-19T13:44:53Z")

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Since I’m not a vegetarian, I also “feast on dead flesh” with regularity, so I would feel guilty passing judgment. Granted, none of the creatures involved were friends of mine.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-morbid-question-about-death-and-pets/1018489/24 "2025-05-19T13:49:33Z")

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I doubt anyone here would’ve wanted to adopt Ronald Huff’s lizards.

Google that at your own risk.

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