carrion

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Published in the journal Journal of Human Evolution, the research takes a sweeping look at carrion consumption from the earliest hominins to modern humans.

From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 2026

After weeks of patience, last year's winner, Shane Gross, captured peppered moray eels scavenging for carrion at low tide.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

Squirrels typically eat acorns, seeds, nuts and fruit, but are known to occasionally eat fresh carrion or roadkill, insects, eggs or other discarded food.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2024

"We know that dogs and rats will grow in numbers and imperfectly substitute for vultures because they do not consume the carrion down to the bone as vultures do."

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2024

That’s a kind of beetle, it buries carrion.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood