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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

10,000 Birds

But if we want to continue to throw a monkey-wrench into this all too cut and dried scenario, there’s also the fact that the Old World vultures had a foothold in North America up until the Neogene about 2.5 Turkey Vulture – Michael Motto, Iowa Voice. Black Vulture – Michael Motto, Iowa Voice.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: Re β€œAn Ape Types in Iowa” (column, Aug. 9): Gail Collins writes: β€œHuman-ape conversation was a very hot topic back in the late 1960s, when researchers first taught a chimpanzee named Washoe to use sign language. They're not like dogs and cats, which evolved with humans. Georgia State University Atlanta, Aug.