Until the fresh carcass of a dead moose had tempted it away.

Like a vulture coming in to a fresh carcass.

Diagnosis can be easily performed by autopsy of the fresh or preserved carcass.

This vulture is a scavenger and it often makes the initial cut into a fresh carcass.

Using its bill to tear, it makes the initial cut in a fresh carcass.

However, the dominant force actually seems to be predation, with scavengers more likely than rough waters to break up a fresh carcass before it is buried.

"This has increased the pressure to obtain fresher carcasses or to take blood samples from live dolphins," he said.

Once more sinking its fangs into the fresh carcass, it gave a single heave and slung the inert mass over one shoulder.

The fresh carcass of a deer lay at his feet, I saw now; evidently his hunting had been successful.

A fresh carcass goes for $3 and transactions are done strictly on a drop-in basis.