Vultures Help Calif. Father Rescue Son

Are vultures man's best friend?

Not usually, but that was the case for Mitch Davis, a 19-year-old whose truck crashed down an embankment into a rocky canyon early Sunday in Bakersfield, Calif.

Davis broke an arm and was dehydrated, stuck at the bottom of a ravine in his wrecked vehicle. His father started searching, and was finally able to find him Monday -- thanks to help from vultures.

Davis' father told reporters, "Went up there where those vultures flew out of a tree and looked over the edge and there was my son's truck. (I thought) 'Why are condors, scavenger birds, what are they doing around?' And they're the ones that told me -- wings from above - they're the ones that told me where my son was."

Davis is being treated for his injuries and is expected to make a full recovery.

For more on Davis' rescue, click on the video below.


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