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What Not To Serve Buzzards For Lunch, A Glorious Science Experiment

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OK, I'm doing great science experiments. We've done sex (see previous post). On to lunch!

This is the story of a bird, a puzzle, and a painting. The painting, curiously, helped solve the puzzle, which is: How do vultures find food?

In America, back in the 1820s, everybody knew the answer. Vultures are scavengers. They eat dead things. Dead things smell.


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