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Consider the vulture

The macabre bird serves as a gentle reminder that we all return to the earth someday.

By Christine Mi Updated
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A comic series from The Highlight about the world’s most mysterious species. Read the last installment here.

Christine Mi is a cartoonist and writer living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Brooklyn Rail, the Nib, and more. She also draws a pink webcomic called Sad Girl Pop. See more of Mi’s work and other Vox comics here.

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