Wednesday, June 29, 2011

How smart are vultures?

Germany has been trying to answer that question for a few years. They would like the vultures to help them find lost people of a certain type - dead people. 



Upon first hearing this, it seems to make sense. Does it not? Vultures feast on carrion, therefore they must have a capacity for locating such. They fly, so tough terrain would not stop them. Why not train them to locate missing dead people? Germany has been doing that for years. However, they have had no success.

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