Gravescratch didn’t particularly want to go to the trouble of walking smoothly enough to not jangle the bell, and he certainly can’t be expected to spend the day with a noise-making object near his audials. What else is he supposed to do with a bell? Besides, it probably tasted good.
And I don’t think he’s ever vored anybody. He isn’t large enough to swallow most sapient beings whole, he makes a point of never swallowing things alive because that would be cruel and potentially dangerous, and he doesn’t kill sapient beings for food.
(Now, if someone is dead for other reasons, he’ll certainly eat them, but that’s a different thing entirely than vore.)
It did taste good. Could have used a sauce, though, rather dry.
No, I have never swallowed someone whole and alive. Nor do I have any desire to. And it is a kink that I do not understand, as it seems to me like something that should be avoided at all costs. If someone finds a way to safely mimic it for their pleasure, good for them, but I will not participate and I would rather not observe.
(Now, someone who gets off on being carefully bitten? That I might oblige, it can be interesting.)