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Sign in to savethumb|A wedge-tailed eagle and carrion ([[roadkill kangaroo) in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.]] thumb|Zoarcidae|Zoarcid fish feeding on the carrion of a mobulid ray.
Carrion is the dead body of an animal, often found in places like roadsides or the ocean floor. It matters because many scavenging animals, from eagles to fish, depend on carrion as an important food source.
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thumb|A wedge-tailed eagle and carrion ([[roadkill kangaroo) in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.]] thumb|Zoarcidae|Zoarcid fish feeding on the carrion of a mobulid ray.
Carrion (), also known as a carcass, is the decaying flesh of dead animals. Carrion may be of natural or anthropic origin (e.g. wildlife, human remains, livestock), and enters the food chain via different routes (e.g. animals dying of disease or malnutrition, predators and hunters discarding parts of their prey, collisions with automobiles).