carcass
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The carcass of a four-month-old calf, swarming with flies, lay half-devoured by hyenas.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
“We’d have the carcass of Head Start,” Garvin said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
One orca held the carcass steady, allowing the other to strike it with greater precision.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
I made my first stock after Thanksgiving, when my mom threw a turkey carcass at me and said, “Use this.”
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
The cub yipped impatiently and glanced at the carcass in his hands.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
The results support a recent hypothesis that Neanderthals may have regularly eaten animal carcasses containing fly larvae.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
But in the Kimana reserve, AFP journalists saw six carcasses on Wednesday -- some fresh, others older -- with rangers also observing partial paralysis, preventing the animals from standing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
It attracts carrion beetles and flesh flies, which lay their eggs on rotting animal carcasses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
"We don't want them getting up at 5 in the morning to check their livestock and finding that their herd of sheep has been dispersed and there's animal carcasses across the farm."
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
It would not take long for Richard Parker to finish the animal carcasses.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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