食腐動物(scavenger)係指專食死咗嘅生物身體嘅動物,但唔會親手自己殺自己食嘅屍體(即係例如等隻肉食性動物殺咗隻獵物,食完飽嗮走咗,隻食腐動物就行埋去食條死屍淨低嘅肉),例如禿鷹就好出名興做呢樣嘢[1]。
- ↑ Tan, Cedric K.W.; Corlett, Richard T. (2011-03-30). "Scavenging of dead invertebrates along an urbanisation gradient in Singapore". Insect Conservation and Diversity. 5 (2): 138–145.