Posted on 01/27/2016 11:45:16 AM PST by nickcarraway
A vulture that flew across the border between Israel and Lebanon was captured on suspicion of being a spy.
The vulture was attached with a tracking device from Tel Aviv University, raising the suspicions of residents of Lebanese town Bint Jbail who captured the bird.
"[Locals in Lebanon] caught the bird for sure," bird ecologist Ohad Hatzofe said according to CNN. "They were holding the bird in their hands."
Staff at Gamla Nature Reserve were able to track the vulture as it crossed the border but lost signal shortly after the bird entered Bint Jbeil.
The bird had been allowed to fly freely in an attempt to increase the dwindling vulture population in Israel but residents in Lebanon sought to make certain there was no foul play considering the history between the two nations.
"It would not be the first time residents of south Lebanon have found birds that serve Israel for research purposes," Haaretz reported. "After examining the bird to make sure it was not carrying listening or spy equipment it was returned to nature.
Authorities in Israel have been unable to track the vulture since its capture despite the bird's release.
"Joseph Bond"
There is a shortage of vultures in Israel?
Who would have though!
Ping
Well, the obvious benefit is that, once they’ve chopped off the winged spy’s head...they can eat him for dinner.
Y’all shall get a laugh outta this.
Read about it - too funny. And these nitwits want an atomic bomb.
We need Lebanese border control.
“And these nitwits want an atomic bomb.”
Well, they might accidentally nuke themselves.
I hope it did what vultures usually do when they’re alarmed & threw up on it’s captors. (one of DH’s co-workers told a hilarious story about a vulture that flew into- inside into, not collision into, his truck when he was driving down the highway.)
If not that, then I hope it picks their bones clean. :-) God Works in mysterious ways.
Considering how well their timers work .....
I told you the Mossad was making a smart move when they hired Aquaman and Dr. Doolittle.
fowl play. no.... i didnt go there.
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