Vultures: the despised cleaners of the environment

Thursday, June 17, 2010

The vulture is one of the most dreaded birds among Batswana because whenever a wake (group of vultures) is seen hovering in the sky, it is highly likely that a carcass or a corpse is lying somewhere.

Unlike their cousins - the more majestic birds of prey - the vultures are associated with death although they are rarely ever the cause of it because they mostly eat whatever they find already dead.

It is therefore not surprising to see that there are some Setswana idioms connoting negativity about these scavengers, which however are a very important part of the ecosystem.

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