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carrion crow

Black vulture Catharista atrata, family Cathartidae. Its plumage is black, and its naked head is also dark. It is a scavenger, but will also attack young living animals.



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Deaths of two other birds--a Eurasian black vulture, which was the only bird in the study treated with ibuprofen, and one of Africa's lappet-faced vultures, the only bird that got phenylbutazone--caused the researchers to call for more investigation.
The black stork, black vulture, and endangered Spanish imperial eagle, of which only 130 pairs remain worldwide, are among the 42 species of birds that depend on the cork woodlands.
But Dressler, the SS commander with whom Klaus locks horns, made my stomach lurch every time he appeared on the scene: "Dressler's extended arm lowered as it pointed an invitation through the large door, like some black vulture arrogantly inviting his prey to dinner.
 
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