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Simply because they are large scavenging birds, vultures are often viewed as harbingers ofadeath. But, as Thom van Dooren shows in this cultural and natural history, that dominant association leaves us with a very one-dimensional understanding of a group of actually rather fascinating and diverse creatures.a"Vulture" offers an enlightening new history of this much-misunderstood bird. Vultures vary in type and size, and while some have a diet mainly of bone, others are actually almost completely vegetarian. Most interesting, despite its notoriousa association awith death, the vulture very rarely, if ever, kills for itself. In different cultural mythologies, vultures play a role in disposing of the dead and officiating over human sacrifices, but they have often been viewed as courageous and noble creatures as wellOCobelieved to be indispensable in the containment of waste and disease and even to be world creators and divine mothers. Van Dooren explores these many histories, from some of the earliest-known Neolithic sites in which vultures are thought to have consumed the dead to contemporary efforts to reintroduce the bearded vulture into the Alps.aHighlighting the rich diversity of vultures and the many ways in which people have understood and lived with them, "Vulture" invites a new appreciation and wonder for these incredible birds."
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- ISBN 10 1861899998
- ISBN 13 9781861899996
- BindingTapa blanda
- Number of pages194
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