• Hillock@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I don’t think it crossed his mind a lot. Dogs don’t deal with starvation nearly as good as humans do. Things already get life-threatening for them after 5-7 days with no food. Humans can go 10x as much. So the fact the dog made it 3 months means they had somewhat regular access to food.

    If you add that the companionship the dog gave was probably invaluable. And keeping down raw dog meat is another level from raw fish. I don’t think eating the dog was much on his mind.

    Water, sun, and drowning were probably a much bigger threat on their lives than starvation.