If you could remove one animal from existence, what would it be? (lemmy.world)

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My go is for the Buzzard, it would sure as hell make desert trips and heat waves seem a lot less worrying and paranoiac.

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[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

How decline of Indian vultures led to 500,000 human deaths

Also vultures are beautiful.

My sweet girl Zsa Zsa.

And there is the King Vulture.

Bearded Vulture

Egyptian Vulture

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I think culturally we just don't like things that remind us of dead things, and if a lot of scavengers are around, it means something's dead or about to be.

I'm glad people are coming around to realizing how essential (and honestly really cool) they are, as much as I'd never wanna kiss or even smell one. 😉

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

King Vulture looks like a kid coloured it, just pure chaos.

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

😆

I will say, it does make me feel like I'm a bit on the boring side being fairly monochromatic.

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Just need a glowup from a 5 year old and some paint!

[-] noxypaws@pawb.social 5 points 2 days ago

Bearded vultures swallow bones, often shattered after they drop them onto rocks from great heights, but sometimes whole. They are so badass.

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Very awesome! Some quick reading says the bones are actually their primary diet. They'd often rather have the bones than the meat. Talk about a biological niche.

And it can chomp down some huge looking bones!

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