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Article: Seals, sea lions can provide food source for endangered U.S. vulture
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- AP Worldstream
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- November 7, 2005
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RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer
AP Worldstream
11-07-2005
Dateline: WASHINGTON
The growing populations of harbor seals and sea lions along the West Coast may be good news for the California condor, an endangered, large vulture.
While condors are now best known for eating dead deer, cattle and other animals, new research shows that carcasses of marine animals once formed a large part of their diet. Some condors are already finding food in sea lion and seal rookeries that have been growing along the coast, reports Stanford University researcher Page Chamberlain.
A large part of the condor's current diet is dead animals provided by conservationists, said Chamberlain, a professor of ...
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