Sentence:  Plate 31, figure B shows a desiccated <WSD>carcass</WSD> in the ventral position with a sharp S curvature in the vertebral column. Such pronounced drying-out of a <WSD>carcass</WSD> probably happens only when it is quickly carried to a dry place and exposed to the strong rays of the sun. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The body of a dead animal.