When a tree becomes hollow or part of it becomes dead, it provides a home for small animals and is a source of food for many other animals.

当树中空或部分死亡时，它为小动物提供了一个家，也成为了许多其他动物的食物来源。

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Walking up a path through the forest towards Shutlingsloe, a local high point, I came across a small clearing and immediately noticed the dead yellow grasses set against the fresh snow.

沿着一条穿过森林的小路向当地的高地 Shutlingsloe 走去，无意间我来到了一小块空地，随即立刻注意到在新雪映衬下的枯黄的草。

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They took 62 young quolls and fed half of them with small dead cane toads which were laced with nausea-inducing thiabendazole.

它们找来62只初生的小袋鼬，其中一半喂食紧系着致呕泻剂噻苯咪唑的死树蛙。

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If there is only a small amount of rot, the dead material can be cut away.

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"Dead Souls" is about Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov, who travels the provincial countryside buying up dead serfs from small landowners.

WSJ: Surveying the Surging Immensity of Life | Dead Souls | Nikolai Gogol | By Joseph Epstein

"Kites are opportunistic scavengers, to conserve energy they feed mostly on worms and small dead animals, which they can see from a great height", Mr Straughan said.

BBC: Back from the brink, Red Kites return

The blind man and his guide move away down the narrow streets of the small, dead town.

NEWYORKER: See the Other Side