{"id":6465,"date":"2023-09-14T18:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T18:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/728435733282652160-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T06:14:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T23:14:21","slug":"728435733282652160-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/728435733282652160-2\/","title":{"rendered":"728435733282652160"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<p class=\"npf_link\" data-npf=\"{\"type\":\"link\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/www.seniorcatwellness.com\/will-cats-eat-you-if-you-die-in-your-home\/#:~:text=It's%20plausible%20that%20domestic%20cats,while%20they're%20still%20alive\",\"display_url\":\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/www.seniorcatwellness.com\/will-cats-eat-you-if-you-die-in-your-home\/#:~:text=It's%20plausible%20that%20domestic%20cats,while%20they're%20still%20alive\",\"title\":\"Will Cats Eat You If You Die in Your Home? - Senior Cat Wellness\",\"description\":\"Sometimes, you cannot control your morbid curiosities. A common dark thought, especially for pet owners, is if their cat will eat them, shou\",\"site_name\":\"Senior Cat Wellness\",\"poster\":[{\"media_key\":\"136deca889f99157d03be23d5978c57c:e6e373ac87b8f7ce-c7\",\"type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":267}]}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/www.seniorcatwellness.com\/will-cats-eat-you-if-you-die-in-your-home\/#:~:text=It's%20plausible%20that%20domestic%20cats,while%20they're%20still%20alive\" target=\"_blank\">Will Cats Eat You If You Die in Your Home? &#8211; Senior Cat Wellness<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCats will usually eat a human corpse right away if they eat it at all. We know this from the earlier study regarding feral cats. 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