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AnimalsTranscript
00:00 (dramatic music)
00:02 This committee of vultures had a great meal
00:05 on these herby plains.
00:07 (dramatic music)
00:09 The remains of this impala were dinner served for them,
00:13 and every member got himself a share from the corpse.
00:17 Vultures are carnivorous and eat carrion almost exclusively.
00:21 They prefer fresh meat,
00:22 but can consume carcasses that may have rotted.
00:27 This deer was left behind by its predator
00:29 when a committee of vultures spotted it
00:31 and came to satisfy their hunger.
00:33 Vultures have excellent senses of sight and smell
00:38 to help them locate food,
00:40 and they can find a dead animal from a mile or more away.
00:43 These vultures stumble upon a dead gazelle calf.
00:47 Since the meal is relatively small,
00:50 every member of the venue rushes to get a part of it.
00:53 Within a committee of vultures,
00:55 there is a feeding hierarchy.
00:57 The dominant members are the first to eat,
00:59 so they always get the good parts.
01:02 These four opportunistic scavengers
01:04 got themselves a great deal of a meal
01:08 when they spotted this wildebeest.
01:10 Although the dominant members should eat first,
01:14 there is enough meat for all.
01:16 Vultures don't suffer from food poisoning
01:20 because they have a very acidic stomach.
01:23 These acids stop the spread of disease.
01:27 This large wake of vultures' meal for today
01:29 is a fresh rhino carcass.
01:31 Every member awaits their turn to join the meal,
01:35 but this is a great meal that will satisfy them all.
01:40 In flight, a group of vultures is a kettle,
01:44 and when feeding, they are called a wake.
01:47 Few are the remains of this alligator,
01:51 but for the vultures, it is dinner.
01:57 The group of scavengers spotted the carcass
01:59 floating on the banks of the river,
02:01 and they immediately swooped on it to eat what's left.
02:04 Vultures' primary flying style is soaring,
02:08 which allows them to travel great distances.
02:12 (upbeat music)