Scavengers play an important but often poorly understood role in how fast bodies decompose.
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Millions of dead carp will fill the Murray-Darling Basin after the government releases a targeted virus. Scavengers like turtles and crayfish might help – as long as we protect them.
They might keep the environment clean and healthy but most species are in steep decline.
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Conservation Biologist, Nottingham Trent University
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