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Aerial Tug of War

Aerial Tug of War

A juvenile lammergeier (top) and a tawny eagle (bottom) cling to the esophagus of a goat as they soar over the Rift Valley in central Ethiopia. Every last scrap...
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A juvenile lammergeier (top) and a tawny eagle (bottom) cling to the esophagus of a goat as they soar over the Rift Valley in central Ethiopia. Every last scrap of flesh is incredibly precious in these sparse ecosystems. Eventually the tawny eagle's persistence paid off and it disappeared into the haze with the delicious morsel.
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