Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy
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Resumo: | The activity of vertebrates that feed on corpses can modify the chronology of the decomposition process and interfere with postmortem interval estimates. Further, by destroying the soft parts of the cadaver, scattering, burying or causing the disappearance of bones, it can entirely change the crime scene. In this study, we simulated a clandestine cemetery in an area of Cerrado located inside a farm in Brasília, Distrito Federal. Three domestic pigs of the size of a human of about 60 kg were placed on the ground in different periods of 2010 and 2011. We recorded four species of birds and one of mammal eating the carcasses: 1) Cathartidae: Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1973), Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758), Sarcoramphus papa (Linnaeus, 1758); 2) Falconidae: Caracara plancus (Miller, 1777); and 3) Felidae: Leopardus pardalis (Lund, 1840). The behavior of these animals interfered in the decomposition process and resulted in the dispersion and loss of bony parts. |
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Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic TaphonomyCerradochronothanatognosisclandestine cemeteriesdecompositionnecrophagyThe activity of vertebrates that feed on corpses can modify the chronology of the decomposition process and interfere with postmortem interval estimates. Further, by destroying the soft parts of the cadaver, scattering, burying or causing the disappearance of bones, it can entirely change the crime scene. In this study, we simulated a clandestine cemetery in an area of Cerrado located inside a farm in Brasília, Distrito Federal. Three domestic pigs of the size of a human of about 60 kg were placed on the ground in different periods of 2010 and 2011. We recorded four species of birds and one of mammal eating the carcasses: 1) Cathartidae: Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1973), Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758), Sarcoramphus papa (Linnaeus, 1758); 2) Falconidae: Caracara plancus (Miller, 1777); and 3) Felidae: Leopardus pardalis (Lund, 1840). The behavior of these animals interfered in the decomposition process and resulted in the dispersion and loss of bony parts.Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia2013-10-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702013000500010Zoologia (Curitiba) v.30 n.5 2013reponame:Zoologia (Curitiba. Online)instname:Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologiainstacron:SBZ10.1590/S1984-46702013000500010info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessDemo,CarolineCansi,Edison RogérioKosmann,CecíliaPujol-Luz,José Robertoeng2013-11-19T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1984-46702013000500010Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/zoolONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpsbz@sbzoologia.org.br1984-46891984-4670opendoar:2013-11-19T00:00Zoologia (Curitiba. Online) - Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologiafalse |
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Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy |
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Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy |
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Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy Demo,Caroline Cerrado chronothanatognosis clandestine cemeteries decomposition necrophagy |
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Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy |
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Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy |
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Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy |
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Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy |
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Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy |
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Demo,Caroline |
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Demo,Caroline Cansi,Edison Rogério Kosmann,Cecília Pujol-Luz,José Roberto |
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Cansi,Edison Rogério Kosmann,Cecília Pujol-Luz,José Roberto |
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Demo,Caroline Cansi,Edison Rogério Kosmann,Cecília Pujol-Luz,José Roberto |
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Cerrado chronothanatognosis clandestine cemeteries decomposition necrophagy |
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Cerrado chronothanatognosis clandestine cemeteries decomposition necrophagy |
description |
The activity of vertebrates that feed on corpses can modify the chronology of the decomposition process and interfere with postmortem interval estimates. Further, by destroying the soft parts of the cadaver, scattering, burying or causing the disappearance of bones, it can entirely change the crime scene. In this study, we simulated a clandestine cemetery in an area of Cerrado located inside a farm in Brasília, Distrito Federal. Three domestic pigs of the size of a human of about 60 kg were placed on the ground in different periods of 2010 and 2011. We recorded four species of birds and one of mammal eating the carcasses: 1) Cathartidae: Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1973), Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758), Sarcoramphus papa (Linnaeus, 1758); 2) Falconidae: Caracara plancus (Miller, 1777); and 3) Felidae: Leopardus pardalis (Lund, 1840). The behavior of these animals interfered in the decomposition process and resulted in the dispersion and loss of bony parts. |
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