Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it Captain Huggin? The citizens of Lima, Peru have ten new heroes patrolling the city skies with super powers – 150 cm wingspan, ultrapowerful eyesight spotting waste from high in the sky, and corrosive stomach acids that can digest the most putrid meat.
These guardians of the city’s environmental health are black headed vultures, trained to carry GPS systems and cameras, and following their own instincts in unerringly targeting the mounds of rubbish that appear overnight around the city.