Examples from literature

• Besides feeding on carrion, the condors will frequently attack young goats and lambs. 
• He, the beast of prey, the vulture, was gorging on our carrion. 
• It has been a much debated point with sportsmen and naturalists, whether the eye or the sense of smell guides the vulture to his feast of carrion. 
• The breeze had veered suddenly and they found themselves again in the smell of carrion. 
• The coyote has seen enough, for the man is alive, and not carrion.