New World vultures also urinate straight down their legs; the uric acid kills bacteria accumulated from walking through carcasses, and also acts as evaporative cooling.
I think you're right that they regurgitate food for their young like most birds. A unique puke related vulture fact is that they projectile vomit at predators as a deterrent and means of dropping weight to flee after they've been gorging on a carcass.
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Ok, now you have to explain for those of us who are not birdologists
The small birbs eat the mother's puke. I thought most birds do that?
I'm pretty sure you're correct.
Yeah I don't get it either but this what I get for only studying bird law instead of birdology.
Filibuster
Well I will take that into cooperation. Thank you.
I mean, they could carry the food to their young, carry their young to the food, regurgitate like most birds, there really isn't another way to...
... it's poop, isn't it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_(anatomy)
That doesn't fit the meme at all. I want to file a complaint.
I'm not sure if there's any real recourse as far as bird law is concerned.
New World vultures also urinate straight down their legs; the uric acid kills bacteria accumulated from walking through carcasses, and also acts as evaporative cooling.
Ornithologists for those looking for the word, which I confused for a long time with opthalmology.
Do vultures do something other than what other birds do? Because most birds regurgitate food for the chicks to eat.
I think you're right that they regurgitate food for their young like most birds. A unique puke related vulture fact is that they projectile vomit at predators as a deterrent and means of dropping weight to flee after they've been gorging on a carcass.
From a certain point of view, yes, they technically carry it.
Feed their young or Feed on their young?