HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

ENTOMOLOGY

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Carcass of a dead and decaying animal
A
Entomology
B
Carrion
C
Arthropod
D
Taxonomy
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Carrion (from Latin caro ‘meat’) is the decaying flesh of dead animals, including human flesh.

Detailed explanation-2: -Carcass is the dead body. Carrion is the decomposing meat.

Detailed explanation-3: -Scavengers play an important role the food web. They keep an ecosystem free of the bodies of dead animals, or carrion. Scavengers break down this organic material and recycle it into the ecosystem as nutrients. Some birds are scavengers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Carrion, or the remains of dead animals, is something that most people would like to avoid-it is visually unpleasant, emits foul odors, and may be the source of numerous pathogens. Decomposition of carrion, however, provides a unique opportunity for scientists to investigate how nutrients cycle through an ecosystem.

Detailed explanation-5: -carcass. noun. car·cass ˈkär-kəs. : a dead body : corpse. especially : the dressed body of a meat animal.

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