Carrion
Carrion noun - The dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food.
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It tends to dance around the meat eating, showing Buddy eating carrion, but never mentioning the actual or potential death of a dinosaur.
Source: Tastes Like Diabetes - This is wrong: bears can and will eat carrion if hungry enough (and may actually prefer decaying meat) and can easily tell the difference between living and dead.
Source: Right for the Wrong Reasons -
Except for the "meat", which is, eerily, large piles of carrion lying around.
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