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Vultures play a vital ecological role by cleaning up carrion and preventing the spread of disease.

Despite their benefits, vultures can cause property damage and pose risks to aircraft.

Vulture populations face threats from urbanization, climate change, and becoming roadkill themselves.

Turkey vultures won't grace any Thanksgiving tables. But they often perch on our rooftops, peck and tear at rubber roofing, asphalt shingles, window caulking and vent seals. Their black vulture brethren can be even worse. and leave behind what falls out of their behinds.

But despite the fact that they make menacing villains of putrefaction in pop culture, these unsung heroes perform a vital ecological role as scavengers. They're among cycling nutrients through the ecosystem. Their s

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