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Vultures are large, carrion-eating birds that are excellent at soaring flight.

Genders appear identical and it is impossible to visually distinguish males from females.

 

Twenty-five to 32 inches long, with a wingspan around 6 feet.

 

Healthy adult turkey vultures weigh approximately 5 to 6 pounds.

Turkey vultures do not have a voice box.

 

The Turkey Vulture is gentle and non-aggressive.

 

Vultures urinate on their legs and feet to help cool off on hot days, and their urine also helps kill any bacteria or parasites they’ve picked up from walking through carcasses to help keep the birds healthier.

 

When threatened, vultures vomit to lighten their body weight so they can escape more easily into flight.

 

The turkey vulture is protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, and it is illegal to kill this species in the United States.

 

A group of vultures is called a committee, venue or volt. In flight, a flock of vultures is a kettle, and when the birds are feeding together at a carcass, the group is called a wake.

 

International Vulture Awareness Day is celebrated on the first Saturday of each September.

 

Vultures have keen eyesight. It is believed they are able to spot a three-foot carcass from four miles away on the open plains.

 

Vultures are found on every continent except Australia and Antarctica.

 

Vultures only lay one egg every year or so.

 

In ancient Egypt, vultures were used as a symbol of femininity.

 

In Germany, police have trained turkey vultures to help them finding missing people.

 

Most vulture species mate for life.

 

Vultures can live more than 100 years.

 

Vultures can eat rotten meat at any stage of decomposition.

 

Vulture urine is so powerful that it could be used as a household cleaner. 

      

Interesting, yes? Of course. Everyone should have marked your calendars by now to ensure the occurrence of proper celebrations of International Vulture Awareness Day.

I think that covers it!