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Critically endangered species in the heart of Africa: Investigating Hooded Vultures in Chad

Slaughterhouses are places most people never want to go, and might seem like unlikely places to search for rare or endangered species. In West Africa, however, they are among the last places one can find a critically endangered species, the Hooded Vulture, which historically thrived as a human comme...

Critically endangered species in the heart of Africa: Investigating Hooded Vultures in Chad
Image: Phys.org
Slaughterhouses are places most people never want to go, and might seem like unlikely places to search for rare or endangered species. In West Africa, however, they are among the last places one can find a critically endangered species, the Hooded Vulture, which historically thrived as a human commensal species, living in close proximity to people and contributing to waste disposal.

Originally published at Phys.org

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