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I have spent a lot of time watching and monitoring Black Vulture, Griffon Vulture and Egyptian Vultures in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria. My most special memory was right at the end of a full day's monitoring at a special vulture feeding station when, just as I was about to leave, a Red Fox started an argument with a Griffon Vulture for the last remaining piece of carrion. One moment the fox would lunge towards the Griffon Vulture showing its teeth, and the next moment the Griffon Vulture would hop back towards the fox with its neck extended and wings out-stretched, forcing the fox to turn tail and retreat ten metres. The confontation went on for a good fifteen minutes before the fox finally gave up the battle and left the Griffon Vulture to finish its feast in peace!
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