Sentences with phrase «scavenging whale carcasses»

There is a long list of observations of bears on land actively hunting walruses, reindeer and fish, foraging on berries or scavenging whale carcasses.

Researchers who observed great white sharks scavenge a whale carcass off the coast of South Africa found that multiple animals fed beside each other at the same time, displaying relaxed behavior such as a belly - up posture and a lack of ocular rotation.

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One more unusual behavior may be explained by the hagfish lifestyle: The slime «eels» live on the sea floor, burrowing into the mud and even into dead whale carcasses to scavenge for food.

When fish sources are unavailable, eagles may rely largely on carrion, especially in winter, and they will scavenge carcasses up to the size of whales, though it seems that carcasses of hoofed animals and large fish are preferred.