Once-reviled scavenger bird now the pride of its Indian home
Thursday, February 9, 2017 - 02:51
in Biology & Nature
GAUHATI, India (AP) -- The greater adjutant stork used to be an object of revulsion in northeast India. It's not a pretty bird, with its large, dull-orange bill and gray, black and white plumage. A carnivore and scavenger, it left bits of dead animals in its nests. People thought it brought bad luck, so they destroyed nests and sometimes poisoned the birds....