VULTURES
Birds    -     Vertebrates    -     Carnivore

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AN EGYPTIAN VULTURE

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VULTURES

• Are birds of prey and scavengers.
• Prefer fresh meat but may eat really rotten carcasses and this helps to prevent the spread of diseases from old, rotting corpses.
• May attack extremely sick, wounded and infirmed animals.
• Have an excellent sense of sight and smell.
• There are 23 different species of vultures.
• Are quite sociable and will often feed, fly or roost in large flocks.
• Can smell a dead animal from a mile or more away.
• Have bare heads and often bare necks - this stops parasites and bacteria burrowing into their feathers.
• Urinate on their legs and feet in order to keep cool on hot days.
• When threatened, they will vomit to lighten their body weight in order that they can escape danger.
• Some can eat so much that they are unable to fly.

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