5 Facts That Will Make You Think Differently About Vultures
“…There are 23 species of vultures that can be split into 2 groups: the New World vultures & the Old World vultures…
…vulture stomach acid is tough & really corrosive. It has to be — otherwise, these birds wouldn’t be able to eat those nasty, rotten carcasses that are infected with botulism, cholera, & anthrax.
…vultures are actually found on every continent, except Australia & Antarctica. Species of vultures live in a variety of climates, including along the Himalayas, Sub-Saharan Africa & in the Amazon River Basin…
…the Egyptian vulture…drops rocks onto ostrich eggs in order to break them open. They’ve also been spotted using twigs as a tool to gather strands of wool, which the birds use to line their nests.
Other vultures use different methods of finding food. The bearded vulture, for instance, will drop tortoises to crack the shell open. The bird will also do this with bones to access the tasty marrow.
4. Vultures can be very social.
…vultures
can be very social. Take the Ruppell’s Griffon vulture. These birds mate for
life, which can be 40 to 50 years, & live in colonies of 1,000 mating
pairs. The love birds only lay one egg per year, & both parents incubate
& feed the resulting chick. They also tend to feed in large groups.
5. Vultures can smell.
Well,
at least one species can: the turkey vulture. This is an ability that is rare
in birds, but turkey vultures can sniff out a special sulfurous smell from more
than a mile away.”
Mindy
Townsend
April
7/2018
care2.com
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