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  2. Carrion insects - Wikipedia

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    Carrion insects are insects associated with decomposing remains. The processes of decomposition begin within a few minutes of death. [ 1 ] Decomposing remains offer a temporary, changing site of concentrated resources which are exploited by a wide range of organisms, of which arthropods are often the first to arrive and the predominant ...

  3. Titan arum - Wikipedia

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    Because its flower blooms infrequently and only for a short period, it gives off a powerful scent of rotting flesh to attract pollinators. As a consequence, it is characterized as a carrion flower, earning it the names corpse flower or corpse plant. The titan arum was first brought to flower in cultivation at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in ...

  4. Carrion flower - Wikipedia

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    The recognizable scent of the carrion flowers is produced in the petals of both male and female flowers and the pollen reward attracts beetles and flies. [ 6 ] Popular pollinators of carrion flowers are blowflies ( Calliphoridae ), house flies ( Muscidae ), flesh flies ( Sarcophagidae ) and varying types of beetles, due to the scents produced ...

  5. Carrion - Wikipedia

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    Carrion is an important food source for large carnivores and omnivores in most ecosystems. Examples of carrion-eaters (or scavengers ) include crows , vultures , humans , hawks , eagles , [ 1 ] hyenas , [ 2 ] Virginia opossum , [ 3 ] Tasmanian devils , [ 4 ] coyotes [ 5 ] and Komodo dragons .

  6. Vulture bee - Wikipedia

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    Vulture bees, also known as carrion bees, are a small group of three closely related South American stingless bee species in the genus Trigona which feed on rotting meat. Some vulture bees produce a substance similar to royal jelly which is not derived from nectar , but rather from protein-rich secretions of the bees' hypopharyngeal glands . [ 1 ]

  7. Necrophage - Wikipedia

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    Animals are described as 'obligate necrophages' if they use carrion as their sole or main food source and depend on carrion for survival or reproduction. [4] The term 'specialists' is also sometimes used in recognition that these animals have traits favoring necrophagy and making other feeding beahviors difficult. [ 14 ]

  8. Stapelia gigantea - Wikipedia

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    Scent compounds of carrion flowers responsible for their odour include diamines (putrescine and cadaverine), sulfur compounds and various phenolic molecules. [6] Because of the foul odor of its flower, S. gigantea can act as an appetite suppressant in humans. [7] There have been several proposed reasons for the size of the flowers of S. gigantea.

  9. Stapelia grandiflora - Wikipedia

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    Stapelia grandiflora is a species of flowering plant in the genus Stapelia of the family Apocynaceae. [1] It is commonly referred to as the carrion plant, starfish flower, giant toad plant, or starfish cactus, although it is not related to cacti at all. [3]