carcass
Example Sentences
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Using carcass counts, the researchers estimated that more than 7,000 adult penguins were killed during the four year study period.
From Science Daily
Some of the deer meat will go to feed endangered California condors on the mainland, while some carcasses will be left on the land — potential meals for bald eagles and foxes.
From Los Angeles Times
But the precise nature of the spear and the carcass are never directly investigated, and a surprising number of pages go by in which they are barely mentioned.
For thousands of years, they say, these animals hunted for their meals and consumed their prey whole, absorbing the carcasses’ unadulterated nutrients.
"We have tried to escape in search of better places and failed," he told AFP, standing in a field where the carcasses of his goats were piled up.
From Barron's
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