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Vultures (mander.xyz)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 90 points 6 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 66 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The small birbs eat the mother's puke. I thought most birds do that?

[–] Etterra 15 points 6 months ago

I'm pretty sure you're correct.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I don't get it either but this what I get for only studying bird law instead of birdology.

[–] HootinNHollerin 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Filibuster

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Well I will take that into cooperation. Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago (2 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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't fit the meme at all. I want to file a complaint.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

I'm not sure if there's any real recourse as far as bird law is concerned.

[–] Nomad 11 points 6 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.

[–] pdxfed 11 points 6 months ago

Ornithologists for those looking for the word, which I confused for a long time with opthalmology.

[–] themeatbridge 51 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Do vultures do something other than what other birds do? Because most birds regurgitate food for the chicks to eat.

[–] BanjoShepard 24 points 6 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

From a certain point of view, yes, they technically carry it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

Feed their young or Feed on their young?