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    Animal Behavior

    Scavenging

    Scavenging

    Scavenging is the consumption of dead organic matter, particularly animal carrion, by a range of obligate and facultative species; it provides vital ecosystem services such as nutrient recycling and disease regulation, and influences human societies through waste management and cultural practices.