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 Scottish government said the disease was also affecting wild bird populations elsewhere in the world, and it had published updated advice on the reporting, collection and safe disposal of wild bird carcases.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2022

Canadian officials are concerned over the "catastrophic" number of right whale carcases discovered in the Gulf of St Lawrence this summer.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2017

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

All that morning they worked skinning the deer, to save the valuable hides for moccasins, thongs, and similar uses, and quartering the carcases which the lion had not molested after killing them.

From Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies by Eaton, Walter Prichard