Are Orcs cannibals?

Tolkien indicates that Orcs are "always hungry". Orcs eat all manner of flesh, including men and horses, and there are frequent hints of cannibalism among Orcs. Grishnákh, leader of the Mordor Orcs, accuses Saruman's Uruks of eating Orc-flesh, which they angrily deny.
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Do Orcs eat orcs?

Orcs eat meat, including the flesh of Men, and may indulge in cannibalism: in The Two Towers, Grishnákh, an Orc from Mordor, claims that the Isengard Orcs eat orc-flesh.
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Did the Uruk Hai eat orcs?

The Uruk-hai of Isengard tell the other Orcs that Saruman gives them “mans-flesh”; Grishnakh, an Orc from Mordor, challenges Ugluk of Isengard by telling the other Orcs the Uruk-hai probably just eat Orc-flesh.
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Are Orcs cannibals DND?

Yes, orcs are continuously depicted as cannibals (or, if you prefer, anthropophagous) in D&D lore.
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How do orcs reproduce?

In The Book of Lost Tales, it is said that Orcs were "bred from the heats and slimes of the earth" through the sorcery of Morgoth. Again, Tolkien later changed this, as Morgoth could not create life on his own. This led to the most popular theory that Orcs were created from corrupted Elves.
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Are Tolkien's Orcs cannibals?



How did Elves turn into Orcs?

They were created by the first Dark Lord, Morgoth, before the First Age and served him and later his successor in their quest to dominate Middle-earth. Before Oromë first found the Elves at Cuiviénen, Melkor kidnapped some of them and cruelly deformed them, twisting them into the first Orcs.
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How long do Orcs live for?

For orcs, the age at which they're officially "adult" comes a little later than humans. Orcs reach maturity at about age 18-20. Middle age is around age 40 or so, old age at 65, venerable age at 80, and they rarely live beyond 100 years of age.
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Do Orcs eat raw meat?

Eaten either as-is or processed into cured goods (bacon is especially popular) and sausage, swine is one of the few meats Orcs do not eat raw. It this characteristic fondness for raw meat that causes much of the initial disgust felt by travellers sharing an Orc's table.
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Are dragons cannibals?

Some dragons are cannibals. The Cannibal was a wild dragon that lived on Dragonstone and feasted on dead or newborn dragons and their eggs. The Others are said to feed their dead servants the flesh of human children.
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Are kobolds cannibals?

The fear of starvation can make them flexible about this principle, however, and if their options are either attacking such creatures or going hungry, kobolds are practical. A few tribes, particularly those in lightly populated areas, practice cannibalism, believing it is foolish to waste good meat.
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Are Uruk-hai half human?

The Uruk-hai are simple crossbreeds of human and orc, equivalent to a corrupted version of half-elves. There are two subspecies: Morgul Uruk-hai, bred by Morgoth and Sauron, similar to orcs but much larger and stronger.
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How are Orcs made from mud?

In short, orcs aren't made from mud but rather incubated in it. According to Tolkien's extensive backstory, the first orcs were fallen elves, corrupted and tortured into these horrific new forms.
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Do Orcs eat each other LOTR?

Orcs eat all manner of flesh, including men and horses, and there are frequent hints of cannibalism among Orcs.
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Do Orcs need food?

They spend their days tirelessly working to provide enough food to sustain his numerous armies, and are completely bent to his will.
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What do Orcs drink?

Orc Draught is an invigorating drink used by Orcs, which inflicts damage when drunk but restores some hunger and grants speed and strength buffs. It is essentially Sauron's imitation of elven Miruvor.
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What do Orcs eat and drink?

Sam asks the same question, of whether orcs eat and drink or just live on foul air and poison, and Frodo gives him the following answer: "No, they eat and drink, Sam. The Shadow that bred them can only mock, it cannot make: not real new things of its own.
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Who are the cannibals in Game of Thrones?

The Thenn people are the most advanced and best equipped of the wildling tribes, as well as the most disciplined. Thenns shave their heads bald and engage in self-scarification as well as cannibalism, feasting on the flesh of their enemies.
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Do Bearded dragons eat their own?

Science tells us that bearded dragons are not cannibals by nature. However, bearded dragons have been known to eat one another in certain circumstances. This typically happens due to competition over territory, food, or mating.
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What happened to the cannibal dragon?

The Cannibal was one of the four dragons that survived the Dance of the Dragons, but vanished after the war. In 132 AC, it was said that during the burial at sea of Corlys Velaryon, the Cannibal took wing and flew to salute the deceased.
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Do Orcs sleep?

Yes: they need some sleep, but they're trained to be hardy. Orcs are mortal beings after all, and it seems reasonable to assume that they do need sleep just like Men, hobbits, etc.
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What did the Orcs give merry?

New Member. In the movie, when Merry and Pippin were riding on the Orcs backs, Pippin told the Orcs that Merry is sick, so the Orcs gave him this brownish drink, and then Merry choked on it, and then Merry told Pippin he's fine and not to worry about him.
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What do half Orcs like to eat?

Half-orcs can eat almost any kind of food, but they prefer meat over vegetables.
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Can Orcs and humans mate?

Orcs and humans can interbreed, and in this union create half-orcs. Humans and orcs have been enemies for decades and half-orcs represent something both races prefer not to think about.
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How old can Orcs get LOTR?

And in the behind the scenes(RotK, I think) one of the modelers on the tower made the mention of having orcs live for 100-150 years, then a new set would begin a new set of construction on Barad-dûr[3].
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How old do trolls get?

Trolls naturally live for about a hundred years

The natural lifespan of trolls is approximately 100 years, and they reach maturity after just 10 years, although they can hunt and fend for themselves within a year after birth.
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