carcases
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Bianucci et al suggested that Perucetus might have browsed on coastal fish and shellfish, or scavenged carcases, as some sharks do.
From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024
The carcases were pulled ashore and distributed to locals for consumption.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2021
Phronima, insect-like zooplankton, can often be found inhabiting the carcases of other creatures The Tara is currently on the next stage of its mission, exploring planktonic life in the Arctic.
From Nature • Sep. 4, 2013
The water gives off an unendurable reek, "the sweet compacted smells of dead vegetation and rotting animal carcases".
From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2012
Next day they found the carcases of the buffaloes they had slain torn and devoured, and even their enormous bones broken and gnawed.
From Wild Adventures in Wild Places by Stables, Gordon