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

Mammals that scavenge dead bird carcases, including foxes, otters and seals, have also been infected.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2023

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

A friend informs me that he witnessed a similar phenomenon in Norfolk, in September, 1858; but in this instance the carcases of the birds were not devoured, and the birds were of different kinds.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.