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It is known that anthrax bacteria are destroyed on their way through the turkey vulture's digestive system and fishermen claim that vultures can even digest brass fishhooks!
Did you know? Mexico's vultures have very different eating habits. 2009
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It is known that anthrax bacteria are destroyed on their way through the turkey vulture's digestive system and fishermen claim that vultures can even digest brass fishhooks!
Did you know? Mexico's vultures have very different eating habits. 2009
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Why, that butler even buttons up his breeches, he does; helps him on with his big black frockcoat what flaps like wings when he pounces on yer; and knots his white silk cravat so sartorially sophisticated ... what only makes his neck look scrawnier, poking out as a vulture's from its ruff.
The Scruffians Project: The Beast of Buskerville Hal Duncan 2010
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Why, that butler even buttons up his breeches, he does; helps him on with his big black frockcoat what flaps like wings when he pounces on yer; and knots his white silk cravat so sartorially sophisticated ... what only makes his neck look scrawnier, poking out as a vulture's from its ruff.
A Reminder Hal Duncan 2010
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Why, that butler even buttons up his breeches, he does; helps him on with his big black frockcoat what flaps like wings when he pounces on yer; and knots his white silk cravat so sartorially sophisticated ... what only makes his neck look scrawnier, poking out as a vulture's from its ruff.
Archive 2010-03-01 Hal Duncan 2010
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Is is impolite to laugh at a vulture's misfortunes?
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We try to divert our attention, to pretend 'tisn't so, but the very air we breathe is vulture's breath.
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This is why, when the daytime temperatures are consistently about 70°F, a vulture's legs are white, but when the temperatures are consistently lower than 70°F, a black vulture's legs are gray and a turkey vulture's legs are red.
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Helicopters buzz overhead, giving tourists and paparazzi a vulture's view of life, behind the locked gates.
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He told me now that it was the vulture's job to eat the mouse.
Archive 2006-04-01 2006
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