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Where's my Breakfast? By Daniel Arthury (lemmy.world)
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[–] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I was your breakfast...

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm glad to see this comment. My cats would absolutely eat me if I died in my sleep

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Secrets from EMTs:

Cats starve to death or escape, dogs eat their owners.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Apparently very little data on this, so I did digging. Nothing worth sharing as a source, just seems most animals may nibble to try and wake a human, and once decay sets in, both may eat since our scents change.

Dogs do seem to guard a body, cats do tend to escape before eating, and neither really wants to be in that situation (I imagine we don't taste very good).