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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dave Kennedy" data-source="post: 1469573" data-attributes="member: 57986">Hi, Pat,Marabou are great scavengers, much as vultures are, and they will circle high in thermals looking for dead animals. You can use them to help you find predators such as lion or hyena, as the birds will descend from all points of the compass to a kill. Should you see crowds of vultures and marabou in the trees, chances are the predator/s are still on the kill.Waterbuck have a rather comical white ring like a target on their butt. By African standards they are quite furry, as you can see in the photograph.Best wishes,Dave Kennedy</blockquote>