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One tough bird: vulture's genes help it thrive on rotting flesh

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Reuters

Publication Date
2015-10-21

A diet of putrid rotting flesh may not be your cup of tea, but to the cinereous vulture, found across southern Europe and Asia, it is positively delightful. This tough bird, it turns out, is genetically wired to thrive on the stuff.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/21/us-science-vulture-idUSKCN0SF00520151021