Vulture Suspected of Spying Arrested in Saudi Arabia

Photo: Jeremiah John McBride / CC In the coat and dagger world of international espionage, it takes a cool head and nerves of steel to get the job, though being a human isn’t necessarily a prerequisite — at least that’s according to authorities in Saudi Arabia who recently detained a wild vulture under the suspicion that the bird was a spy. Yes, a vulture. Officials became concerned when they discovered that the otherwise unremarkable bird was wearing a transmitter and a ID bracelet around its leg, tying it to a foreign entity…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Vulture Suspected of Spying Arrested in Saudi Arabia

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