A spying Vulture!
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35446528
A spying Vulture! A few weeks ago I came across a similar article about killer dolphins.
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The bird, which has a 1.9m (6ft5in) wing span, flew over the border from an Israeli game reserve and was caught by Lebanese villagers on Tuesday.
They became suspicious as the griffon vulture had a tracking device attached to its tail.
It is part of a conservation project to reintroduce raptors to the Middle East.
Tel Aviv University is involved in tracking the bird, and as well as a GPS transmitter, it had tags on its wings and an engraved metal ring on its leg saying: "Tel Aviv Univ Israel".
Wildlife officials in Israel were alerted to its capture when photos of the tied-up bird appeared on social media.
It is not the first time a griffon vulture has been taken to be an agent of the Israeli spy agency Mossad.
Saudi Arabia captured one, also with a Tel Aviv University tracker, in the desert city of Hyaal in 2011, sparking rumours of a "Zionist plot" that were dismissed by Israeli officials.
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