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Oftentimes, scavenger communities differ in consistency due to carcass size and carcass types, as well as by seasonal effects as consequence of differing invertebrate and microbial activity. [4] Competition for carrion results in the inclusion or exclusion of certain scavengers from access to carrion, shaping the scavenger community.
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 ...
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 ...
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A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion.There are 23 extant species of vulture (including condors). [2] Old World vultures include 16 living species native to Europe, Africa, and Asia; New World vultures are restricted to North and South America and consist of seven identified species, all belonging to the Cathartidae family.
Many terms are used to refer to people who salvage recyclables from the waste stream for sale or personal consumption. In English, these terms include rag picker, reclaimer, informal resource recoverer, binner, recycler, poacher, salvager, scavenger, and waste picker; in Spanish cartonero, chatarrero, pepenador, clasificador, minador and reciclador; and in Portuguese catador de materiais ...
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 ]
An 1840 novel by Frances Trollope describes the work of a scavenger: The miserable little creature... was a little girl about seven years old, whose office as "scavenger," was to collect incessantly from the machinery and from the floor, the flying fragments of cotton that might impede the work. In the performance of this duty, the child was ...