Why Vultures Don’t Get Sick When Eating Dead and Rotting Things


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In the video today we’re looking at why vultures can happily eat various dead and rotting things, even when said flesh is disease ridden, all without apparent negative effect on themselves.

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References:

http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/25961517
http://www.torontozoo.com/explorethez…
http://erie.wbu.com/content/show/25899
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3…
http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs-wm/217…
http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/fil…
https://www.peregrinefund.org/docs/pd…
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/ne…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_v… […]

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