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2. Knacker - Wikipedia

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   A knacker (/ ˈ n æ k ər /), knackerman or knacker man is a person who removes and clears animal carcasses (dead, dying, injured) from private farms or public highways and renders the collected carcasses into by-products such as fats, tallow (yellow grease), glue, gelatin, bone meal, bone char, sal ammoniac, [1] soap, bleach and animal feed.

3. Necrophoresis - Wikipedia

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   While the strict definition of necrophoresis deals with the removal of dead nestmates only, [3] others have extended it to the removal of corpses that include non-nestmates and even alien species. The adaptive value of the behavior is that it acts as a sanitary measure to prevent disease or infection from spreading throughout the colony.

4. Scavenger - Wikipedia

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   Scavengers of dead plant material include termites that build nests in grasslands and then collect dead plant material for consumption within the nest. The interaction between scavenging animals and humans is seen today most commonly in suburban settings with animals such as opossums, polecats and raccoons. In some African towns and villages ...

5. Answer Man: Who handles dead animals on roadways in ... - AOL

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   Answer Man: A reader wants to know who handles dead animal carcasses on roads in Western North Carolina and also what happens after removal.

6. Skeletonization - Wikipedia

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   A large flock of vultures can reduce human corpse or carcass of large animal to skeleton within few hours. After skeletonization, if scavenging animals do not destroy or remove the bones, acids in many fertile soils take about 20 years to completely dissolve the skeleton of mid- to large-size mammals, such as humans, leaving no trace of the ...

7. Can you bury the dead in your backyard? What Florida ... - AOL

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   Burial rules: The Florida statute reads: “Any owner, custodian, or person in charge of domestic animals, upon the death of such animals due to disease, shall dispose of the carcasses of such ...