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When haddocks flirt, they sound like a motorbike revving up

20 October 2018

9:00 AM

20 October 2018

9:00 AM

Flies buzzing, strange rustling, crunching sounds, and then the most chilling screech you’ll have heard all week. Vultures were feeding off the carcass of a zebra in Kenya, recorded by Chris Watson. He had been up before dawn, on the look-out for a suitable carcass to attract the scavenging vultures.

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