Van Dooren, Thom  (1980-....) <br/><br/>
Vulture / 
Thom Van Dooren 
 - London :  Reaktion books,  2011 
 - (192 p.) 
<br/><br/>Bibliogr. p. 160-181 
<br/><br/> Vulture offers an enlightening new natural and cultural history of this much-misunderstood bird. There are big vultures and little vultures; vultures that are despised and others that are deeply loved; and there are vultures that eat predominantly bone, and others that have gone (mostly) vegetarian. In human communities vultures have occupied predictable roles like disposing of the dead and officiating over human sacrifices, but they have just as often been viewed as courageous and noble creatures, as indispensible in the containment of waste and disease, as world creators and divine mothers. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-1-86189-806-7 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>598.9