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The Soaring Flight of Vultures

The six common vultures of East Africa can make a round trip of as much as 200 kilometers by skillfully riding updrafts. How they do so is examined with the aid of a powered glider

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 229 Issue 6This article was originally published with the title “The Soaring Flight of Vultures” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 229 No. 6 (), p. 102
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1273-102