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Recent Examples of carrion
For the study, researchers looked at 1,376 vertebrate species known to eat some amount of carrion, ranging from tiger sharks and spotted hyenas to cane toads and common shrews.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2025
These vultures rely on powerful soaring techniques and can cover vast distances in search of carrion, making use of rising thermal currents to stay aloft with minimal energy expenditure.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
Raccoons and skunks make excellent neighbors, moving through your yard and neighborhood to dine voraciously on rats, mice, voles and other rodents, along with insects, grubs, carrion and many other less-desirable things in our gardens.
—Alison Hermance, Mercury News, 17 June 2025
While other opportunistic scavengers like wolves and bears sometimes aid these processes as well, vultures remain the true champions of carrion consumption.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2025
These vultures rely on powerful soaring techniques and can cover vast distances in search of carrion, making use of rising thermal currents to stay aloft with minimal energy expenditure.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
Raccoons and skunks make excellent neighbors, moving through your yard and neighborhood to dine voraciously on rats, mice, voles and other rodents, along with insects, grubs, carrion and many other less-desirable things in our gardens.
—Alison Hermance, Mercury News, 17 June 2025
While other opportunistic scavengers like wolves and bears sometimes aid these processes as well, vultures remain the true champions of carrion consumption.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carrion
Noun
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Yellowstone park officials deemed it too dangerous and destructive to retrieve the carcass, which will break down until only bones remain.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
1 July 2025
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But poaching for feathers and eggs, poisoning from consuming lead ammunition in carcasses, and habitat destruction caused the condors’ population to crash.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
Noun
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As for the roach corpses, two were under a bun rack.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
21 July 2025
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Kendrick is charged with tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
16 July 2025
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“Carrion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carrion. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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