The Beast Bowl
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vulture
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Class Aves
Order Falconiformes
Family Accipitridae
Genus Gyps
Species africanus
 

African White-backed Vulture

It’s not uncommon to see hundreds of white-backed vultures gathered around the carcass of a dead animal enjoying the spoils.

The vulture, like many scavengers, has a bad reputation, but it has role to play in nature. African vultures get most of their food from animals that have died because of old age or other natural causes, rather than predation.

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