AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Some birds are scavengers. Vultures only eat the bodies of dead animals. Vultures have many biological adaptations that make them well-suited to being scavengers. Most have excellent eyesight and a strong sense of smell.

Detailed explanation-2: -In short, they are animals that eat dead animals. Some well known scavenger animals include vultures, hyenas, and raccoons. Hyenas are one of the most commonly identified scavengers. They eat the remains of dead animals after predators have taken most of the meat.

Detailed explanation-3: -Many large carnivores that hunt regularly, such as hyenas and jackals, but also animals rarely thought of as scavengers, such as African lions, leopards, and wolves will scavenge if given the chance.

Detailed explanation-4: -scavenger, also called carrion-feeder, animal that feeds partly or wholly on the bodies of dead animals. Many invertebrates, such as carrion beetles, live almost entirely on decomposing animal matter. The burying beetles actually enter the dead bodies of small animals before feeding on them underground.