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Vultures (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 90 points 5 months ago (11 children)

Ok, now you have to explain for those of us who are not birdologists

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (4 children)

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.

[–] Nomad 11 points 5 months ago

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.

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