Vulture Sheds The Blood Of Gazelle

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00:00 (dramatic music)

00:02 This committee of vultures had a great meal

00:05 on these herby plains.

00:07 (dramatic music)

00:09 The remains of this impala were dinner served for them,

00:13 and every member got himself a share from the corpse.

00:17 Vultures are carnivorous and eat carrion almost exclusively.

00:21 They prefer fresh meat,

00:22 but can consume carcasses that may have rotted.

00:27 This deer was left behind by its predator

00:29 when a committee of vultures spotted it

00:31 and came to satisfy their hunger.

00:33 Vultures have excellent senses of sight and smell

00:38 to help them locate food,

00:40 and they can find a dead animal from a mile or more away.

00:43 These vultures stumble upon a dead gazelle calf.

00:47 Since the meal is relatively small,

00:50 every member of the venue rushes to get a part of it.

00:53 Within a committee of vultures,

00:55 there is a feeding hierarchy.

00:57 The dominant members are the first to eat,

00:59 so they always get the good parts.

01:02 These four opportunistic scavengers

01:04 got themselves a great deal of a meal

01:08 when they spotted this wildebeest.

01:10 Although the dominant members should eat first,

01:14 there is enough meat for all.

01:16 Vultures don't suffer from food poisoning

01:20 because they have a very acidic stomach.

01:23 These acids stop the spread of disease.

01:27 This large wake of vultures' meal for today

01:29 is a fresh rhino carcass.

01:31 Every member awaits their turn to join the meal,

01:35 but this is a great meal that will satisfy them all.

01:40 In flight, a group of vultures is a kettle,

01:44 and when feeding, they are called a wake.

01:47 Few are the remains of this alligator,

01:51 but for the vultures, it is dinner.

01:57 The group of scavengers spotted the carcass

01:59 floating on the banks of the river,

02:01 and they immediately swooped on it to eat what's left.

02:04 Vultures' primary flying style is soaring,

02:08 which allows them to travel great distances.

02:12 (upbeat music)

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