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Kolbe's Vulture, or Aasvogel {Gyps kolbii). Vultures feed on carrion and 

 prevent the spread of infectious diseases among animals. Driven 

 by hunger, they sometimes kill young lambs. In consequence of 

 this, farmers have nearly exterminated them with poison. One 

 of the direct results is the decimation of cattle by lamziekte. It 

 would seem a wiser policy to shepherd the flocks in the lambing 

 season. 

 The vulture flies 100 miles an hour. 



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