Summary

When scientists talk about scavengers, you might imagine an animal sniffing out or stumbling across a carcass, eating as much as possible and slinking away. But like all foods, a dead animal holds a variety of macronutrients—carbohydrates, lipids (fats) and protein—all within the same carcass, or meal. Just as an egg has a high-protein white and a higher-fat yolk, carcasses are similar.

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