When I was a kid, we used to explore the woods all the time. I came across a couple dead mice or birds in my time, but they were always recently deceased.
But tons of animals live and presumably die in the woods. Why aren’t the woods covered in deer and bear and raccoon skeletons? Where are all the bones going?
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Small bones, like from mice and birds, get trampled, buried, and occasionally eaten. Bones from larger animals usually get scattered by scavengers and buried over a larger area. Over enough time, buried bones will be broken down by bacteria and fungi.
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