Vultures Serve Purpose

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Every time a turkey vulture passes low overhead, and as I live on top of a ridge that happens fairly often, I can't help but mutter, "Not yet, Jack." And I know I'm not alone in my inherent distaste for these creatures.

For example, schools have adopted any number of animal mascots - rams, eagles and mustangs come to mind - but I have yet to hear of any school having a crosstown rivalry with the Vultures. If asked to list our least favorite animals in ascending order, I imagine most of us would place these birds somewhere between sewer rats and tapeworms.

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Vultures Serve Purpose

And this aversion is as understandable as it is widespread. Consider that perhaps the only thing more repulsive than carrion, the rotting flesh of a dead animal, is eating it. And carrion is just about all turkey vu...

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