What are the feeding habits of vultures?

Vultures mainly feed on the carcasses of large animals and other decaying animals. They are called "cleaners on the grassland" and often fly over empty and bare mountains and plains to spy on the bodies of animals. Occasionally fly low along the mountain, actively attack small and medium-sized mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds, and sometimes attack livestock. ?

When vultures compete for food, their body color will change in some interesting ways. Usually its face is dark brown and its neck is lead blue. When it pecks at animal carcasses, its face and neck will appear bright red.

This is a warning to other vultures: run away quickly and never come near. A strong vulture came angrily for food. It was at a loss and left its original position. At this time, its face and neck immediately turned from red to white.

The winner held his head high, won the food, and his face and neck became as red as fire; The loser began to calm down and it gradually returned to its original color. According to these changes in body color, people can know the strength of vultures' physical strength.

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The breeding mode of vultures

The breeding period is from March to May. Usually nest in the upper part of the forest, but also in the exposed alpine areas. Most nests are built in trees, and occasionally they are built on rocks on hillsides or cliffs. The area and location of the nest are relatively fixed, and a nest can be used for many years. However, the old nest needs to be repaired every year and new nest materials are added, which often makes the nest extremely large.

Usually, the newly built bird's nest is 1.3- 1.4 m in diameter and 0.6 m in height, but later it is more than 2 m in diameter and more than 1 m in height. The nest is disc-shaped, mainly composed of dead branches, including twigs, grass, leaves, bark, cotton and hair. The nest is not high from the ground, generally 6- 10 meters. Mating takes place on the nest, accompanied by moaning.

Each nest usually lays/kloc-0 eggs, and the eggs are white with reddish-brown stripes and spots. The size of the egg is 84-97 mm× 64-72 mm, and the male and female birds hatch the eggs in turn, and the incubation period is 52-55 days. Young birds mature late and grow very slowly. Usually after 90- 150 days of nesting life, young birds can leave the nest.

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