Carrion
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Carrion (from Latin caro, meaning "meat") is the decaying flesh of dead animals, including human flesh.
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Quotes
- If my decomposing carcass helps nourish the roots of a juniper tree or the wings of a vulture — that is immortality enough for me. And as much as anyone deserves.
- Edward Abbey in: John F. Mongillo, Bibi Booth Environmental Activists, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001, p. 4.