roadkill in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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Scavengers are at risk of becoming roadkill themselves, and are subject to evolutionary pressure to be alert to traffic hazards.
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Efforts included the swift removal of roadkill and other dead animals from areas around the launch site.
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Their habit of swooping to pick up dead rodents or other roadkill leads to collisions with vehicles.
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In some regions, motor vehicles cause a significant amount of roadkill death.
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However, a law passed in 2007 to prohibit hunting of wildlife from roads appears to also make collection of roadkill illegal.
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It forages around roadsides for large insects and roadkill.
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Ravens also find nesting sites in utility poles and ornamental trees, and are attracted to roadkill on highways.
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A few project examples include taxa- and location-specific bioblitzes, roadkill observations, animal tracks, and documenting the spread of invasive species.
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We lived off the land as much as we could, eating roadkill.
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Localised populations of devils have also been severely reduced by collisions with motor vehicles, particularly when they are eating roadkill.
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