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"Corinne Kendall is already planning the next vulture buffet: This November,
her team will lay out a goat carcass surrounded by traps in Kafue National
Park, Zambia, then hide behind bushes. When a kettle of white-backed vultures
has landed to dig into their dinner, some of the mighty birds walking around
the carcass will get a foot caught in one of the nooses. The scientists will
throw a towel over their heads, capture about ten of the scavengers and mount
satellite tags on their backs.
“We don’t dart or anesthetize them,” Kendall, the curator of conservation and
research at the North Carolina Zoo, explains. “It’s a quick process; within 15
minutes, they fly away and return to their usual routine.”
As the vultures fly over Africa’s third-largest national park, their satellite
tags send geo signals, effectively turning the birds into unwitting research
assistants for the scientists."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
Wed, 13 Sep 2023 19:57:18 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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"Corinne Kendall is already planning the next vulture buffet: This November,
her team will lay out a goat carcass surrounded by traps in Kafue National
Park, Zambia, then hide behind bushes. When a kettle of white-backed vultures
has landed to dig into their dinner, some of the mighty birds walking around
the carcass will get a foot caught in one of the nooses. The scientists will
throw a towel over their heads, capture about ten of the scavengers and mount
satellite tags on their backs.
“We don’t dart or anesthetize them,” Kendall, the curator of conservation and
research at the North Carolina Zoo, explains. “It’s a quick process; within 15
minutes, they fly away and return to their usual routine.”
As the vultures fly over Africa’s third-largest national park, their satellite
tags send geo signals, effectively turning the birds into unwitting research
assistants for the scientists."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
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