Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They were getting something alright. It was a slow process, but via genitals and rectum, the zebras pelvis was slowly deflating. The 'cutters' did not arrive during the time we sat and watched, though Esther was very keen to see them in action ;-) > On March 25, 2014 at 1:38 AM Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Actually, I doubt whether they got anything - these Ruppell's Griffon > Vultures cannot open up a carcass' hide, only one species can in these > grasslands - the Lappet-faced or Nubian Vulture, also the largest > vultures in Africa. So the others always wait for a Lappet-faced to > show up, which it will do at some point. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 7:17 AM, afirkin <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote: > > Here is a series of how you eat a Zebra when you can't "open" his skin. > > > > Eying off the access > > > > http://tinyurl.com/mau36ot > > > > Lining it up > > > > http://tinyurl.com/md4uj6u > > > > > > and pow: into the hilt > > > > http://tinyurl.com/k46s7m5 > > > > Vultures feeding on the dead carcass of a zebra. The death was > > "natural", so > > there was no external damage to the victim, so they began eating him from > > the > > inside out. This explains why this type of vulture had no feathers on his > > head > > and neck!!!! > > > > Cheers > > > > Alastair > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information