The skin of the left wrist was shredded, like an animal had gnawed it.

The carcass was long since finished, though they could still hear the cracking of bones as the animals gnawed on them.

And felt, inside, as if some animal had gnawed at his heart.

Do not leave bags of salt or leather items where animals can gnaw them.

Flesh decomposes quickly in the subtropics, and insects gorge themselves, and animals gnaw on bones and scatter them like sticks and stones.

He felt his stomach turn over as he realized that the frenzied animal had gnawed through its own bone and flesh and sinew in its desperate try for freedom.

The animal gnaws its leg off, he thought in overwhelming panic, to get away.

Do not leave bags of salt from making ice cream or leather items like gloves or boots where animals can find and gnaw them.