carcass

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Because deer are smaller and can be eaten more quickly, this change reduces the amount of time cougars spend at a carcass, lowering the chance that wolves will show up.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

This mammoth died nearby, but his carcass slumped into an ancient stream bed and was covered by sediment and eventually topped by the pits’ oozing asphalt, encasing and preserving his bones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

"We have not seen one single carcass of any animal," Aucamp said.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Mr Chandra shared with the BBC pictures he took of the carcass, some of which show him with the dead animal.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

Once, the demons sped up in excitement and swarmed something that looked like a beached carcass on the river-bank.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan