vulture
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It is also home to Belladonna, a Griffon vulture.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
As Scott Weidensaul tells us, poisoning has led to seven of Africa’s 10 vulture species being listed as endangered or critically endangered, with populations down as much as 97%.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Critics tend to debate whether she is a vulture or just losing her grasp on reality, but there’s no question she’s hit on a successful formula.
From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026
"They are like the Ford Escort of the vulture world in the sense that everybody just took them for granted, they were so common nobody really worried about them," he said.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025
One of his shoulders was much higher than the other, and he stooped over his trencher like a vulture over carrion.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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