Fewer scavengers could mean more zoonotic disease

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Without large scavengers, smaller ones — and nan diseases they dispersed — could proliferate

A turkey vulture, a scavenging bird

The ecosystem work that scavengers for illustration this turkey vulture supply could thief forestall nan dispersed of illness from animals to people.

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Scavengers often get a bad rap — hyena giggles are nefarious, crows stitchery successful “murders” and nan naked necks of vultures speak for themselves.

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