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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Within hours of an animal dying the insects have found it and began to eat it. Then the birds show up and scavenge. Other scavengers know that large groupings of birds means food so they will follow soon after the birds. Bones are filled with calcium and other minerals as well as marrow. Most carcasses are completely devoured within days of death. The ones that get left out will be weathered by the sun and rain and will become brittle and deteriorate. Everything is food for something
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