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milestogo

(18,902 posts)

5. I went on a safari a few years ago.

Reply to hunter (Reply #3)

Sun Jan 19, 2025, 12:16 PM

Jan 19

One day we were driving and saw vultures circling overhead.

Followed them to the spot they were flying over, and there was a jackal tearing the meat off the carcass of a gazelle that was killed a few hours earlier.

Lions kill and take what they want, jackals do some cleanup. Vultures pick the bones. Insects clean it the rest of the way. By afternoon the animal is just a skeleton. Very efficient recycling. Every creature takes its turn.