They’re necessary and they look ugly to most people. They’re also nature’s clean-up crew. The Vulture. In this case, a Turkey Vulture. With their keen sense of smell, they can seek out rotting and dead animals from miles away and swoop in to eat up the leftovers. They help rid the landscape of ugly , smelly, and rotting carcasses and by doing so they help reduce the spread of potentially serious diseases. Maybe they aren’t ugly after all…