Vultures: The acid-puking, plague-busting heroes of the ecosystem | Kenny Coogan
TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing
English - February 24, 2020 16:25 - 4 minutes - 39.3 MB Video - ★★★★ - 618 ratingsEducation ted teded animation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the African grasslands, a gazelle suffering from tuberculosis takes its last breath. The animal's corpse threatens to infect the water, but for the vulture, this isn't a problem: it's a feast. With a stomach of steel that can digest diseased meat and waste, vultures are essential to removing dangerous pathogens from ecosystems. Kenny Coogan explores the importance of the desert's cleanup crew. [Directed by Katarina Jukić, narrated by Addison Anderson].