carcass

The carcass of a four-month-old calf, swarming with flies, lay half-devoured by hyenas.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

“We’d have the carcass of Head Start,” Garvin said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

The juvenile then ate the smaller pieces, while the adults consumed the remaining carcass but left the scattered fragments behind.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026

I made my first stock after Thanksgiving, when my mom threw a turkey carcass at me and said, “Use this.”

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026

At her elbow was the carcass of a big expensive roaster, the kind we could hardly ever afford.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

Notably, neither scavengers nor flies that fed on the supposedly poisoned carcasses have perished -- creatures that typically succumb after consuming poisoned animals.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

Their remains may then have remained exposed, allowing scavengers to feed on the carcasses before the bones were eventually buried and fossilized.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

"So we need to address the problem early on at the point where we're starting to find it in dogs and carcasses rather than waiting for human cases."

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

It attracts carrion beetles and flesh flies, which lay their eggs on rotting animal carcasses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

A Swift & Company worker washing cattle carcasses on a disassembly line.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield