Vultures feeding on the carcass of a buffalo. Photograph: Anup Shah/Getty Images Consider the vulture, a creature with a grim and unpleasant reputation. Its behaviour – gathering round dead or dying creatures before devouring them – has made it synonymous with ghoulish opportunism. Such a view is harsh, however, for the vulture serves a useful ecological function in many parts of the world. For example, the farms that cover India contain vast herds of cattle. Individual animals die and their corpses litter the landscape – though not for long. Vultures can clean up a cow carcass in minutes, leaving only bones. What Has Nature Ever Done For Us?: How Money Really Does Grow On Trees by Tony...
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