So once upon a time there was a dead impala (this is a type of antelope.) It died in a fight over a girl, with another male impala. (a girl worth fighting for.) So we decided to watch it incase any kind of animal came to try to eat it. first there was another impala--perhaps a greiving friend, perhaps the murderer, we'll never know. and then slowly the vultures began to appear. they came one by one to the scene and soon there were just millions. well, maybe like 30. but still. so they started tearing the impala apart and basically ate the entire thing until there was nothing but some bones and skin left. but it was cool to watch them eat because what they do is they eat as much as they can but they cant chew so then the food kind of sits in the pouch further down from their throat. the pouch has stones that the vultures has swallowed (for this purpose) that then mash up the food--like chewing. and eventually the food can go to the stomach and the vulture can eat more. so we would see all these vultures eating and then a ton of them just sitting around with huge bulges. vulture 1, impala 0.
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