Scavengers Quotes

I developed an optical lure that imitates certain types of bioluminescent displays that I think might be attractive to large predators. The other way to do it is just use dead bait, but I think dead bait attracts scavengers, and we wanted to attract active predators.

Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.

You have shown yourselves in no respect to be the degenerate sons of our fathers. You fight against the offscourings of the earth… worse than hyenas.

Despicable creatures, vultures: without a doubt the most disgusting birds ever. I suppose they served their purpose, but did they have to be so greasy and ugly? Couldn't we have cute fuzzy rabbits that cleaned up roadkill instead?

Vultures are homely, but they clean up all the garbage and that's good. And they're elegant in the sky.

…but there they lay, sprawled across the field, craved far more by the vultures than by wives.

The soft black talc blew through the streets like squid ink uncoiling along a sea floor and the cold crept down and the dark came early and the scavengers passing down the steep canyons with their torches trod silky holes in the drifted ash that closed behind them silently as eyes.

I may be biased, but I think jackals are cute and cuddly, even if they were known for digging up graves in Ancient Egypt.