Daily Mail: A Vulture named Sherlock

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Posted by Sherlock Holmes
November 10, 2012 9:46 pm 		#1

German police force replaces sniffer dog with VULTURE named Sherlock to scent out dead bodies

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1279070/German-police-replace-sniffer-dogs-VULTURES-hunt-dead-bodies.html

(I think we need a section for "Random Sherlock Holmes related news")

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Posted by Davina
November 11, 2012 9:08 am 		#2

A turkey buzzard called Sherlock. Very useful. I can just imagine a whole squadron of them!

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Posted by SusiGo
November 11, 2012 11:04 am 		#3

Might be difficult with the teamwork, however. Not Sherlock's division. 

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Posted by sherlockskitty
November 20, 2012 5:38 am 		#4

Oh  what a beautiful bird!!   His  handler's  good looking  too.   They  said  they  might have better luck  with a trio of scavenger birds.   I  can  just  see it!!   Sherlock,   Dr  Watson,  and Mrs. Hudson!!   Indeed,  if it  works  in Germany,  it  might work  in  the USA  too.

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Posted by Wholocked
November 20, 2012 6:13 am 		#5

God I've wanted to learn raptor handling since I was a kid and read a book called about a boy and his Kestrel (called, imaginatively, Kes, iirc). I don't think we legally can have raptors in Australia though

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Posted by Davina
November 20, 2012 5:40 pm 		#6

A small claim to fame is that when I was at University, many moons ago, we had a lecture from the author of Kes, Barry Hines. It was also made into a film.

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Posted by Sherlock Holmes
December 5, 2012 9:36 pm 		#7

Kes is an extremely popular book in schools here in England.

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Posted by equiraptor
December 11, 2012 3:03 pm 		#8

That's... a slight bit disturbing, on the surface of it. Vultures are not a rare sight around here, and they're used as a warning of doom in shows - they're said to spot those near death and follow them. Think of it... a harbinger of doom sent out to find your body once you're dead...

That said, I'm an animal lover, and that includes the ugly, the doom-harbingers, the creepy, etc. I appreciate a not-well-reputed animal having a "good" purpose, showing intelligence and skill.

 


 
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