carcass - dead body of an animal, often the dressed body of livestock for butchery, decay - rot or decompose through the action of bacteria and fungi., indigestable - of food) difficult or impossible for body to process, ecology - relation of living organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings., colonize - of a plant or animal) establish itself in (an area)., decomposition - the state or process of rotting; decay., microclimate - a small, localized area with a different atmospheric pattern than the surrounding region, forensic - application of scientific methods and techniques to the investigation of crime., corpse - a dead body, especially of a human being rather than an animal., entomology - branch of zoology concerned with the study of insects., metamorphosis - process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages., maggot - a soft-bodied legless larva, especially that of a fly found in decaying matter, exoskeleton - rigid external covering for the body in some invertebrate animals, especially arthropods,, immobile - incapable of moving or being moved, trunk - central part of the body, excluding the head, arms, and legs, ectothermic - an animal primarily relies on external environmental sources to regulate its body temperature, bloat - a stage of decomposition called putrefaction, where bacteria break down body tissues, producing gases that cause the body to swell significantly, deposit - put or set down (something or someone) in a specific place,, succession - a number of people or things sharing a specified characteristic and following one after the other., emerge - move out of or away from something and come into view.,

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