# How vultures can help solve crimes

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxLSU
- Speaker: Lauren Pharr
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/lauren_pharr_how_vultures_can_help_solve_crimes)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Adult profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Can a bird that symbolizes death help the living catch criminals? In this informative and accessible talk, forensic anthropologist Lauren Pharr shows us how vultures impact crime scenes -- and the assistance they can provide to detectives investigating murders. (This talk contains graphic images.)

## Lectures

1. [How vultures can help solve crimes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/lauren_pharr_how_vultures_can_help_solve_crimes/093ae5d97ffa), 11 min (TED's player)