![]() Yes, New World vultures urinate and defecate onto their legs to keep themselves cool. Yes, a defining characteristic of vultures is their featherless or near-featherless heads, which help the birds keep cool but also make it cleaner and easier for them to jam their heads into animal carcasses. This famous comic from Rosemary Mosco of sums everything up pretty nicely. Vultures aren’t evil, but they’re still pretty weird. They’re separated into two groups: the 16 species of Old World vultures found in Asia, Africa, and Europe, and the seven species of New World vultures found in North and South America. ![]() Some people call them “buzzards” in this country, and even though that’s not technically correct, no one is going to call the police or anything. Vultures are large birds of prey that search the landscape for carrion (not carry-out HAH), roadkill, and other nasty dead things. They’re easy to separate, and you’ll be able to impress your friends, who might think you’re some kind of nature goth.īut before we get to identification, let’s cover some basics. You should learn more about them, including how to identify the three species of vultures we Americans might see soaring overhead. ![]() The point is, the popular narrative on vultures is that they’re villains. I don’t really know how to explain those characters. There were also those vultures from the old version of the Jungle Book that appeared to be evil at first, but actually were a bunch of goofballs that used their Liverpudlian accents to sing songs about friendship. ![]() There was a Looney Tunes character I don’t remember called Beaky Buzzard who tried to be mean but was actually just dumb (he was in Space Jam !). Two of the henchmen in Robin Hood were vultures. Everything I learned about vultures as a kid, I learned from watching Saturday morning cartoons. They were evil and weird looking, and their appearance meant that death was nigh for some unfortunate soul.įor example, the evil vultures in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs were last seen flying down to feast on the dead Evil Queen (Disney is kinda messed up sometimes). ![]()
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