If I eat a piece of cuticle skin from my finger, is that considered self-cannibalism?

Question

If I eat a piece of cuticle skin from my finger, is that considered self-cannibalism?

Answer 1

I don't think so.

Answer 2

No, teeth are nature's scissors plus it is soft so no danger to the teeth. If it makes feel better you can always spit it out. Funny story, my son's father had taught my son to spit by example and I hated the fact. One Christmas, my young son ate a Christmas tree light.  I told him to spit and was then grateful for his knowledge of spitting. lol

Answer 3

No, it is typical primate behavior.

Answer 4

you certainly qualify as a anthropophagite

Answer 5

No,its' merely an oral fixation developed from breast feeding.

Answer 6

Primarily it makes an idiot for thinking that question has any merit. Next, you'll be asking questions about putting your finger in your mouth after picking your nose.

Answer 7

Actually, to some, yes it would be a form of cannibalism.

I do it all the time though.

Answer 8

Naw.

Chimps that you see 'grooming" are really plucking and eating flakes of skin.

The dust in you house (which is breathed in and swallowed) is mostly fakes of human skin.

Most cannibal tales are of two types. First some distant tribe is claimed to be cannibals. There's stories but not a lot of proof. One doesn't readily find a "we're cannibal and proud of it."claim

Alfred Packer, the Donner Party, the Franklin expedition and a rugby team in the Andes all ate humans as a means to survive. Generally they were not shunned as other supposed cannibals were.

The there's Hollywood:

"You eat one lousy foot and they call you a cannibal. What a world!"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074205/

Answer 9

So long as you do not do this for sustenance. No!

It might indicate an inadequate personality type or anxiety.