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Rugby players eat their dead

By Mike Owuor

Cannibalism, considered an exception rather than the norm, is something associated with a few ‘primitive’ tribes, sorcerers or people with psychiatric disorders. But what would you do if you found yourself in the middle of nowhere and your survival depended on human flesh — the only item on the menu? Would you rather die than turn to cannibalism?

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