Overview

Vulture offers a concise history and enlightening new view of this much-misunderstood bird. Vultures vary in type and size, and while some have a diet consisting of bone, others have gone almost completely vegetarian. Inside human communities, vultures have occupied predictable roles such as disposing of the dead and officiating over human sacrifices, but they have just as often been viewed as courageous and noble creatures, indispensable in the containment of waste and disease, world creators and divine mothers.

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9781861898067

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""More nonfiction from the . . . animal series . . . but for the dark of heart.""-- ""Los Angeles Times Jacket Copy""

More nonfiction from the . . . animal series . . . but for the dark of heart. --Los Angeles Times Jacket Copy

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Thom van Dooren is an environmental philosopher and anthropologist. He lives in Sydney, Australia, and has published widely on the natural world, conservation and extinction.

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