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The first time anyone saw the whale in the flesh was in 2010, when a mother and calf were stranded in the Bay of Plenty on New Zealand’s North Island, but the carcasses weren’t suitable for dissection.
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Lex Harvey, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
Rotting carcasses also contaminated water supplies, spreading diseases like anthrax, tuberculosis and brucellosis.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Some droppings contained fish scales, small beetles, and semi-intact fish skeletons, while others held chewed bones, suggesting the presence of bone-crushing predators that consumed carcasses to extract nutrients—a behavior reminiscent of modern hyenas.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2024
Farming has fragmented their rolling grassland habitat, and feeding on cattle carcasses puts them at risk of disease.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Thick swarms of black flies hummed and knocked against the windows of an idling car, while crows and vultures waited nearby — eyeballing the taut and bloated carcasses roasting in the October heat.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
While everyone mills around, a fur buyer rolls up in a truck with a U-Haul cargo carrier piled with dozens of gray fox carcasses.
—Britta Lokting, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
The bed of the Can-Am piles up with bloodied carcasses.
—Britta Lokting, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
Roadkill also places a physical and environmental burden on waste management facilities to take in hundreds of carcasses annually, some which could spread chronic wasting disease.
—Cleo Krejci, Journal Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2024
Lex Harvey, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
Rotting carcasses also contaminated water supplies, spreading diseases like anthrax, tuberculosis and brucellosis.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Some droppings contained fish scales, small beetles, and semi-intact fish skeletons, while others held chewed bones, suggesting the presence of bone-crushing predators that consumed carcasses to extract nutrients—a behavior reminiscent of modern hyenas.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2024
Farming has fragmented their rolling grassland habitat, and feeding on cattle carcasses puts them at risk of disease.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Thick swarms of black flies hummed and knocked against the windows of an idling car, while crows and vultures waited nearby — eyeballing the taut and bloated carcasses roasting in the October heat.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
While everyone mills around, a fur buyer rolls up in a truck with a U-Haul cargo carrier piled with dozens of gray fox carcasses.
—Britta Lokting, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
The bed of the Can-Am piles up with bloodied carcasses.
—Britta Lokting, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
Roadkill also places a physical and environmental burden on waste management facilities to take in hundreds of carcasses annually, some which could spread chronic wasting disease.
—Cleo Krejci, Journal Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Carcasses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carcasses. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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