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The spore mass typically smells of carrion or dung, and attracts flies and other insects to help disperse the spores.
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As with all crocodilians, it is an adept predator of vertebrates, large invertebrates such as crustaceans and, when presented with the opportunity, also eats carrion.
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The beetles live in dung, carrion, dead vegetation, sandy areas, under tree bark, mammal burrows, and ant/termite colonies.
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The larvae feed on decaying vegetable matter and carrion.
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The ruddy turnstone has a varied diet including carrion, eggs and plant material but it feeds mainly on invertebrates.
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Occasionally it fed also on small mammals and carrion.
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They are generalists, scavenging carrion and debris as well as preying on small animals.
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Adults feed at sap runs and also attend carrion, dung and rotting fruit on the forest floor.
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Ghost crabs are generalists, scavenging carrion and debris, as well as preying on small animals, including sea turtle eggs and hatchlings, clams, and other crabs.
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The main diet of deep sea benthic fish is invertebrates of the deep sea benthos and carrion.
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