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ELI5: Why don't we constantly see skeletons from dead animals/birds everywhere? Do they hide before they die?
gpt
Scavengers

If a fox finds a dead squirrel, he's not gonna sit down by the side of the road and feast right then and there. He's going to drag it back to his den so a larger scavenger (like a coyote) doesn't take it from him. And thus the bones do wind up hidden.