[AnotherUnixGeek]

Alain Larralde, a cattle breeder in Ilharre in the French Basque country, said that in May he saw dozens of birds circle and kill a cow. “There were so many of them that they covered the entire meadow,” he said. “Then I saw the cow slumped on the ground in the middle being devoured. It really hurt. You can’t image what it’s like to see an animal being eaten alive.”

Not that I'm an expert in vulture behavior, but I don't believe this. More likely the vultures converged on a nearly dead cow and began feeding while it could still move a bit. As I understand it, vultures aren't social animals that hunt as a group - they're solitary scavengers that converge on animal carcasses.

[Calpernia]

>>>>As I understand it, vultures aren’t social animals that hunt as a group - they’re solitary scavengers that converge on animal carcasses.

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[DB]

The vultures I’ve seen hang together. Not only do they fly together they feed together.

[Salamander]

Black vultures will kill:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Black_Vulture

I much prefer the local turkey buzzards.
[who usually skedaddle when the BVs come back in the spring]