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mahatmakanejeeves

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Tue Mar 31, 2020, 08:29 AM Mar 2020

Vulture eating a dead rat on top of a streetlight [View all]

WILDLIFE

So Many Vultures around Town!

Prince Of Petworth March 30, 2020 at 3:30pm



Thanks to all who’ve messaged us. Jamie writes: “A vulture just swooped down on 19th St, killed a rat, and is eating it on top of a streetlight…

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Some repliers have pointed out that they dine on animals that are already dead. That's what I was thinking too. I hadn't considered that the rat had been poisoned. I didn't check the comments at PoPville to see if anyone there had made that observation.
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