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For example, Tokunagayusurika akamusi is a species of midge fly whose larvae live as obligate scavengers at the bottom of lakes and whose adults almost never feed and only live up to a few weeks. Most scavenging animals are facultative scavengers that gain most of their food through other methods, especially predation .
Scavenger hunt participants cross an item off their list A scavenger hunt is a game in which the organizers prepare a list defining specific items that need to be found, which the participants seek to gather or complete all items on the list, usually without purchasing them. [ 1 ]
A scavenger in chemistry is a chemical substance added to a mixture in order to remove or de-activate impurities and unwanted reaction products, for example oxygen ...
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Scavenger (chemistry), a method of removing impurities or other undesired chemicals from a mixture; Scavenger receptor (endocrinology) Scavenger receptor (immunology), a group of pattern recognition receptors of the innate immune system; Scavenging (engine), automotive process of pushing exhausted gas-charge out of the cylinder and drawing in ...
Informal waste collection is the activity of "manually sorting and extracting various recyclable and reusable materials from mixed waste, at legal and illegal dumpsites, on top of or under piles of waste, in bins, at various transfer points, in transport trucks or elsewhere". [1]
The Decapoda or decapods (lit. ' ten-footed ') is a large order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, and includes crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, and prawns.Most decapods are scavengers.
Fungi are the primary decomposers in most environments, illustrated here Mycena interrupta.Only fungi produce the enzymes necessary to decompose lignin, a chemically complex substance found in wood.