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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In warm, damp environments, bacteria and fungi will attack the bones and they will crumble over the course of a few years. They also get covered by leaves and debris, which quickly turns into dirt.
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