Episode
Vultures and the Public Health: The 323rd Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying
DarkHorse Podcast · Apr 30, 2026 · 1 h 33 min
On this, our 323rd Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss vultures, politics, and complex systems. Vultures, which have evolved multiple times (like mangroves, poison frogs, and “trees”), specialize on carrion. In India, a painkiller commonly used in people but toxic to vultures, diclofenac, came out of patent, began to be used in cattle, and the vast majority of vultures in India died.…