Keep calm and carrion: Trained vulture lands on paragliders’ selfie stick as they soar high above Spanish mountains GoPro footage showed trained bird flying alongside the men above Algodonale Instructor Scott Mason has pioneered the activity known as ‘parahawking’ The birds guide the pair to thermal columns which allows for longer aerial trips By Raven Saunt For Mailonline … Read more
Get off my land! Plucky magpie tries to chase away bearded vulture but the massive bird just ignores it The bizarre encounter was recorded by an onlooker in Thorney, Cambridgeshire The two-year-old female vulture, called Vigo, was spotted feasting on a rabbit It was unfazed by the continued nuisance caused by its smaller feathered foe … Read more
Laid low by a flagging share price, BT is now feared to be an attractive target for vulture funds that could swoop in and pick it to pieces. The former state telecoms monopoly, privatised by Margaret Thatcher, was worth £49billion four years ago but its value has since been diminished to just over £10billion. Yet … Read more