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Lappet faced vulture (Torgos Tracheliotus) - Data, info, interactions.

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Lappet faced vulture (Torgos Tracheliotus) - Data, info, interactions.

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10-29-2019, 08:45 PM

I know this endangered vulture for a sickening reason: 14 carcasses of this species were found in northern Botswana on the 20th of June, besides those of 468 white-backed vultures, 17 white-headed vultures, 28 hooded vultures, and 10 cape vultures, altogether 537 vultures, besides 2 tawny eagles. It is suspected that they died after eating the carcasses of 3 elephants that were poisoned by poachers, possibly to avoid detection by the birds, which help rangers to track poaching activity by circling above where there are dead animals: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/over-500...na-2056740, https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/21/afric...index.html, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-new...180972477/, https://www.afrik21.africa/en/botswana-o...poisoning/
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