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Vulture hunts down and ravages Sea Turtles

10,000 Birds

But the gauntlet that these adorable little sea turtles run as they are moving from their nests to the ocean is nothing less than horrifying, as the hundreds of American Black Vultures Evil Savages swoop down on them to swallow the poor defenceless baby turtles whole. But I guess you suspected that.

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

10,000 Birds

The Cherokee nation called them “Peace Eagles” owing to the fact that they never killed a living thing – and also that they tended to show up in numbers after battled when peace treaties were being signed, though admittedly that may have been for a slightly more macabre reason. White-backed Vultures, photo by Adam Riley.