Vultures

No- Vultures, buzzards condors- all carrion birds are protected by law in the US.

I have disovered a caterpillar that walks quickly along fine detritis on the forest floor and also eats some type of mushroom - seeks them out, actually. Anybody got info on this?

Yes, turkey vultures [Cathartes aura] are capable of eating cactuses. But the cactus isn't high on the turkey vulture's list of preferred foods. Instead, turkey vultures favor scavenging decaying meat. In fact, they fly low enough to the ground to be able to identify carrion by such gases of decay as ethyl mercaptan. They rarely are interested in plant matter.

Vultures do not eat eagles, but they do eat all kinds of snakes.

Although vultures prefer carrion, some studies have shown turkey vultures eating pumpkins and even coconuts. Also,the palm-nut vulture of tropical Africa has a diet primarily of fruits and vegetables

scavenger

Turkey vultures look like a turkey, while mountain lions don't.

No, vultures are birds that eat dead animals. They are scavengers and pick apart the remains of previously killed animals.

Scavengers prey on and consume those others creatures who have fallen and are unable to protect themselves. They help to break down and reduce the matter into smaller pieces. Scavengers can also be viewed as some of the Earth's cleansers, as they rid the land of the dead faster than decomposing does.

They can stay air-born indefinitely - provided there are enough thermal air-currents to keep them aloft.

Its very difficult to describe in words and therefore a link has been approved for the purpose of response

animal.discovery.com/birds/vulture/

Andean Condors eat dead animals as they do not kill animals. They are a carnivore.

Parsi's

Dear Fudgeecool,

You are right to some extent. Now we almost don't have Parsi community. Those (a bigger part) live in today's India (mainly in Bombay-Mumbai), do they keep on going for the same tradition of burial now-a-days?

Do you think descents of Jamshed-bhai Tataji or Feroze Gandhi keeps on maintaining the tradition of their forefathers?

My question was for knowing: Is someone keep on continuing the same old tradition?

For example, Hindus with burning (cremetion by fire) to ashes is still continuing the trend.

Have you heard about the Bahaiya community? Have they preserved the old tradition of their forefather Parsis?

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By chest muscles I am assuming you mean the bird's breast. In that case they perform the same operation as the pectoralis major in humans which is horizontal adduction. Essentially bringing the limbs from the side of the body to the front. This is the motion required by the bird to push air downward during each stroke of its wing. These muscles allow the bird to fly.

Yes, many species of Hawks are rodent hunters.

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A vulture is a scavenger. A scavenger is a carnivore that does not kill its own food but eats carrion, the dead bodies of animals; either prey killed by other hunters or animals that have died of other causes.

In africa, leopards, lions, hyenas, pythons, and crocodiles eat vultures.

Turkey vultures need each other to eat. They co-exist in groups in order to work together to devour dead animals.

no. reptiles are anything that can shed their own skin. even turtles can do it, belive it or not.

The estimated world population of Egyptian vultures is between 10,000 and 100,000 individuals, and the number is said to be declining due to poison being entered into the food chain within its range, lead poisoning from gun shots, electrocution by power lines, and disease. This species occurs in a number of protected areas and is also being monitored.

to tear its prey into smaller pieces

YES

Yes,but very few.Large animals like coyotes may take one on occassion,and hawks mat attack chicks.But because of their habit of throwing up vile stomach acid on attackers,most predators leave them alone.

There sense of smell and its very very good eye sight