Thursday, April 19, 2007

Vulture Mystery Solved


While driving through a major city in the American tropics on recent afternoon, I noticed a turkey vulture standing in a puddle at the edge of the road.

"That's strange!" I thought. "I wonder why that TV is doing that?"

I looked skyward and saw another adult vulture, then several more, soaring overhead, just above the roof of a nearby store.


"Is there something dead on top of that roof? Why would those vultures be swooping so low over a store?"

Then I noticed the sign on the front of the building and all my questions about vulture behavior were answered. I always thought that vultures located their food by smell. But now I think it may be because they can READ!

4 comments:

  1. this is not possible, is it? How do YOU find all the scenes of the strange and impossible?

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  2. Dude, you're strange. Beautiful mind, but strange.
    My kind of people.

    To quote a friend of yours
    Turkey Vultures Rock

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  3. I totally cracked up when I read this post. For some reason, it reminds me so much of the banter I remember and enjoyed when I was around you and John together. Silly, silly, silly.

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  4. My silly valentine
    Sweet, silly valentine
    You make me smile when skies are gray
    Your posts are laughable
    Vulturaflappable...

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