Vultures Tired Of Waiting
The vultures have joined the animal uprising. No longer willing to wait for something to die, they have decided to start trying to bring down big game.
LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - Hundreds of vultures have swarmed the airport of the biggest city in Peru's Amazon jungle, putting planes at risk and threatening to cut off the city of more than 400,000 people from the rest of the country.
The birds already have forced the airport in Iquitos — a popular tourist destination that can only be reached from the capital Lima by air — to shut down eight hours a day, said Aurelio Crovetto, head of Peru's state-run airport authority.
"One of these birds only has to bump into a plane and the effect could be devastating," he said. "If one gets into an engine, it will destroy it, the motor will stop and the plane will come down."
Set on the banks of an Amazon River tributary, Iquitos is one of the world's largest cities inaccessible by road.
See, this is a win-win situation for the feathered fiends. If they bring down a plane, eating is good. If they succeed in cutting the city off from supplies, the eating is fabulous!
