Have you ever noticed

[unclrob]

That voltures don't eat there own dead......make's you go HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

[mike in lytle]

That voltures don't eat there own dead......make's you go HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

Are you trying to change the subject?
Mike

[broKen]

No, I missed that.
But I did notice that since they can't catch anything, or kill anything, that they must eat rotting flesh. Stuff to ponder 

[unclrob]

Are you trying to change the subject?
Mike

[tuffythepug]

Deep Thoughts....  with  Barefoot Rob

[unclrob]

Not really just a wondering mind with too much time on its hand,always searching for more useless info and sometime's compairing it to whats going on.Any one every hear an old tune called "Smiling Face's" can never remember the group but a good tune.

[Mikeymac]

Deep Thoughts....  with  Barefoot Rob

A good title for a new, "Never-ending Thread, Part II"!

[Mikeymac]

Any one every hear an old tune called "Smiling Face's" can never remember the group but a good tune.

Actually, the title of the tune was "Smiling Phases," and it's by Blood, Sweat & Tears...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeXrIkDZarQ

(Looking at YouTube, I see there is a song called "Smiling Faces" done by someone named Kevin Gates...a rap tune - you into rap, Rob Bro'?)

[unclrob]

You want to listen to Smiling Faces by the undisputed truth.

[ryler]

You want to listen to Smiling Faces by the undisputed truth.

That's the one I thought you were talking about.  Haven't heard it in a long time. Were they a one hit wonder? 

[eded]

You want to listen to Smiling Faces by the undisputed truth.

That version by The Temptations is the one I remember...

https://youtu.be/tlzyQSIm8AU

Ed

[ducktrapper]

That voltures don't eat there own dead......make's you go HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

Hate to be a party pooper but they actually do eat dead vultures and dead anything else.

http://birdsflight.com/what-vultures-eat/

[Queequeg]

And in what seems to be a cruel quirk of nature, unlike most other birds, vultures have a keen sense of smell.

[ducktrapper]

And in what seems to be a cruel quirk of nature, unlike most other birds, vultures have a keen sense of smell.

Fortunately, dead things smell like t-bone steak and baked potatoes to them.     

[unclrob]

Hate to be a party pooper but they actually do eat dead vultures and dead anything else.

http://birdsflight.com/what-vultures-eat/

Not these N.Fla. one's they bypast one of there own for other roadkill for 2 weeks.I past the body for 2 weeks and they never ate it.

[ducktrapper]

Not these N.Fla. one's they bypast one of there own for other roadkill for 2 weeks.I past the body for 2 weeks and they never ate it.

That's quite scant evidence to base your contention upon, however.  It's like saying because it hasn't rained in the Mojave this year that it hasn't rained anywhere. Like any other animal they probably have preferences. That doesn't mean they would never eat their own.

[broKen]

And in what seems to be a cruel quirk of nature, unlike most other birds, vultures have a keen sense of smell.

Uncanny the way they find carrion. Extreme olfactory sensors

[mike in lytle]

 
Vultures eat their own dead. Vultures down here get killed by cars and become part of the roadside feast they were enjoying.
Down here the vulture competition is the Mexican eagle (crested caracara) which is a big, VERY cool looking falcon which eats roadkill as well as hunting rodents, chickens, snakes, etc.
We have those here. We even have them on the ground out back looking for moles. A mole down here looks like something from a predator movie, and I am not kidding.
Mike

[Danny]

Vultures eat their own dead. Vultures down here get killed by cars and become part of the roadside feast they were enjoying.
Down here the vulture competition is the Mexican eagle (crested caracara) which is a big, VERY cool looking falcon which eats roadkill as well as hunting rodents, chickens, snakes, etc.
We have those here. We even have them on the ground out back looking for moles. A mole down here looks like something from a predator movie, and I am not kidding.
Mike

Caracara join vultures quite often. I see them all the time. A few days ago the Largest Caracara I've seen killed and ate a large bird in my front yard. Only a few small bones and some large feathers were left behind. He flew away with the carcass after eating some of it. My best guess it was A Road Runner or an owl.

[Danny]

Uncanny the way they find carrion. Extreme olfactory sensors

It is very interesting that wild turkeys can't smell a thing. When I'm hunting in camouflage and remain still they walk right in front of me. But their vision and hearing are amazing.