Vulture
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A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion. There are 23 extant species of vulture. Old World vultures include 16 living species native to Europe, Africa, and Asia; New World vultures are n
Gyps rueppellii Nairobi National Park, Kenya 8 4c
Some members of both the Old and New World vultures have an unfeathered neck and head, shown as radiating heat in this thermographic image.
Griffon vultures scavenging a red deer carcass in Spain
Griffon vulture soaring
Carrion
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Carrion, also known as a carcass, is the decaying flesh of dead animals. Carrion may be of natural or anthropic origin, and enters the food chain via different routes.
Vulture
…A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion. There are 23 extant species of vulture (including condors). Old World vultures include 16 living species native to Europe, Africa, and Asia; New World…
A wedge-tailed eagle and carrion (roadkill kangaroo) in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Duck carrion (e.g. Anas crecca carrion) can harbor Clostridium botulinum and Pasteurella multocida.
Two burying beetles (Nicrophorus vespilloides) feeding on rodent carrion.
Wild boars (Sus scrofa) feeding on deer carrion.