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Bird vs. Reptile in Key West

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Key West Wildlife Center takes mostly birds, but will rescue mammals, marine mammals, and both land and sea turtles as well. KWWC captures injured, sick or orphaned wild chickens, then adopts them out to homes on the mainland. KWWC is located within the eight-acre Sonny McCoy Indigenous Park in Key West.

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

10,000 Birds

That bald head, so odd and homely, is actually an adaptation for sticking one’s head deep inside the gut of a deceased mammal. They primarily prey on the large mammals of the African plains, grasslands stretching from horizon to horizon. Vulture Hunts Down and Ravages Sea Turtles – Dale Forbes, 10,000 Birds.