Animal Scavenging
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Irregular and finely serrated wound margins with a series of parallel cutaneous lacerations deriving from the biting action…
Postmortem animal depredation is a substantial part of the taphonomic processes a body undergoes after death. While the…
Germany. A 31-year-old man lived with his 71-year-old mother and his pet German Shepherd in a converted garden…
If a body is placed in water containing a large amount of bacteria, such as that from sewage…
Note the fixed anterior lividity. The decedent was lying prone on a bed with a wrinkled comforter. Postmortem…
This individual committed suicide by hanging. Postmortem animal activity can be seen on the ear and chin of…
The phenomenon of postmortem animal interference with human bodies or their remains is a substantial part of the…
Postmortem scavenging is common among wild and domestic rodents; they are well known to alter or destroy the…
This soldier died in the Ukraine-Russia war and his body was scavenged by animals postmortem. The phenomenon of…
Postmortem scavenging is common among wild and domestic rodents; they are well known to alter or destroy the…
This homeless man was found dead inside a concrete shelter. The body showed. evidence of postmortem animal scavenging.…
Postmortem feeding from fish and crustaceans found on this body retrieved from the ocean. No further info. Bodies…
Various insects may take advantage of the nutritional factors a decomposing body has to offer whether through natural…
Russia. This individual died at his home from thromboembolism, he was found a week later, during that time…
The body of a 35-year-old woman was recovered from the bank of a swamp in the southeastern United…
This individual has signs of postmortem (after death) animal scavenging around the mouth, made by a dog that…
The individual in this photograph has postmortem changes associated with small fish that feed on soft tissue like…
Larger carnivore activity is common in rural and suburban areas. In many cases, there may be activity from…
Extensive traces of scavenging next to the body after it had been enclosed at home for an extended…
Mexico. A 42-year-old man was murdered and left out in the field. Animal scavenging had occurred to his…
Rockland County, NY, US. In March 1985 some young boys found a charred and mutilated corpse in a…
In March 2012 a charred corpse was found near the Shkotovo-Artem highway in Russia. The corpse was discovered…
Nassau County, New York. Skeletal remains of a body found outdoors. No further info. Skeletonization is the state…
This individual died and his body was scavenged by animals, no further info. The phenomenon of postmortem animal…
Brazil. Rapid skeletonization of remains may occur in bodies of water in tropical areas due to water temperature…
This woman’s face was eaten by the family dog postmortem, which increased putrefactive changes to the internal components…
This woman was located deceased at home in her bedroom wearing only a pair of underpants, lying on…
The body of this decomposed individual was pulled from the sea. The loss of tissue around eyes and…
San Fransisco, US - 2008. This individual had died and his body scavenged by animals postmortem, no further…
This individual was found dead in water. Postmortem activity by eels were discovered on the body. Such injuries…
The phenomenon of postmortem animal interference with human bodies or their remains is a substantial part of the…
In Sri Lanka, a 76-year-old female was found dead in her house lying supine on the bed and…
The individual in the images received the injuries postmortem by a domestic dog, cause of death unknown. No…
A 29-year-old man was fishing when his canoe turned over and his body submerged. The body was recovered…
Nassau County, New York. This badly burned body had been dumped at an outside location where animals fed…
Early postmortem predation by a dog with bite marks evident at the edge of the soft tissue defect.…
The individual in the images received the injuries postmortem by a domestic dog, cause of death unknown. No…
A 40-year-old woman was found dead in her apartment lying supine on the bed and the upper trunk…
Dumped body (Illinois State Police case Highway 64). Animal scavenging on face and left arm. This victim was…
This individual died and was attacked postmortem by a cat, no further info. Postmortem animal depredation is a…
The image is of a body at the bodyfarm at The University of Tennessee Anthropology Research Facility. The…
Skeletonization of the head, neck, and the left hand due to animal predation in a body that was…
A body was dumped in a wooded area near Los Angeles. By the time it was discovered about…
The woman in this photo passed away, and an animal in the household started to eat her face…
Decomposition studies have elucidated many different factors affecting the rate and process of decomposition. However, no study has…
A typical area of carnivore activity centered around the mouth of a decedent can be seen in this…
This individual died and was attacked postmortem by dogs, no further info. Postmortem animal depredation is a substantial…
This old man died and was then partially consumed by some mice, no further info. Postmortem animal interference…
Australia. A 69-year-old man was found lying on the floor at his home address(Fig. 1). According to the…
This individual received the injuries postmortem by rats, cause of death unknown. No further info on the case.…
Spain. This individual died after ingesting poison. The injuries were inflicted postmortem by a dog. No further info.…
Animal predation is less commonly seen than insect predation. Because most putrefied bodies are recovered from a home…
This individual received the injuries postmortem by rodents, cause of death unknown. No further info on the case.…
Australia. The remains of an adult male found in a river after a crocodile attack. The head had…
King County, WA, USA. The face of this woman shows typical postmortem animal scavenging injuries, in this case…
I unfortunately don't have the backstory here, other than this is from a case of postmortem animal interference,…
![Fig.1 Wounds caused by a German shepherd postmortem [Colorized].](https://i0.wp.com/www.hermantheshocker.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/001-10.jpg?resize=600%2C403&ssl=1)
I colorized the original black and white image. Rounded, regular wound margins caused by a German shepherd postmortem.…
