Time：2022-10-04 05:07:20 source：ucutxmastrees.com author：Botanical Garden Read：184次

Flying for three days without landing, stomach acid is strong enough to corrode metal, the world's largest raptor vulture

Raptors are the most ferocious birds among animals. Raptors have powerful predatory abilities, powerful beaks, and sharp claws. But among the many raptors, there is such a raptor that many people think that it cannot be ranked among the raptors, although its name is very domineering, and even bandits use its name, it is the famous "Raptor" Mountain Eagle" - Vulture.

The powerful flying ability of vultures

Many people's understanding of vultures is that vultures have no feathers on their heads, and vultures are carrion eaters. This is only a one-sided understanding. In fact, vultures are also a very powerful bird. kind. The vulture is the largest bird of prey in the world. There is no one. The largest bird of prey in the world is the Andean condor among the vultures. The body length of vultures can reach more than one meter. The most amazing thing is that its wings can reach more than 2 meters when fully unfolded, and can even reach 3 meters. With such huge wings, vultures can fly in the air with the help of updrafts and effortlessly fly in the sky for three consecutive days. The largest vulture Andean condor can even fly at high altitude for 5 hours without flapping its wings. Such flying abilities are unmatched among birds. In Tibet, there is a tradition of celestial burial, and those vultures can even fly over the highest peak in the world - "Mount Everest". No wonder the vultures are called messengers of the gods and can help the soul to transcend.

The scavenger of nature

In addition to the messenger of God, the vulture also has an important identity, that is, the scavenger in nature. The existence of vultures is very important to the natural world and even the animal kingdom. In nature, scavengers should be microorganisms such as bacteria. Animals that can become scavengers can be counted on their fingers. They clean up rotting animal carcasses in a timely manner, which can prevent the spread and infection of diseases through insects and other animals. Among scavengers, vultures say that no other animal dares to be number one. Vultures are always open to carrion, no matter what kind of virus it is, vultures are not afraid, and they will all become a delicacy in one mouthful. Some experimenters conducted experiments on vultures and fed them to various highly infectious and harmful viruses, such as: Bacillus anthracis, rabies, swine fever, etc. Bacterial meat does not produce an unpleasant response and does not exhibit corresponding symptoms. Even the vultures say they haven't had enough. Why do vultures have such a strong ability to resist bacteria and viruses? The secret of the vulture lies in its powerful stomach. The vulture's stomach acid is the most acidic in the animal kingdom. The average vulture's stomach acid level can reach PH value of 1, which is almost equal to strong acid, while the red-headed vulture's stomach acid is the strongest. It can even corrode some metals. No matter what kind of powerful bacteria it is, it cannot withstand such a powerful stomach acid. After being sterilized by stomach acid, it is all converted into nutrients and absorbed by the vultures. Although the carrion is very dirty, the vultures are very clean. Some vultures will excrete on their legs and around the food when eating. This is a very dirty behavior in the eyes of outsiders, but this is actually a vulture. For disinfection, because its excrement also has a high concentration of acid.

Food of vultures

Most of the food of vultures is carrion, carrion, but vultures often have carrion, but vultures do not often have carrion. Vultures are a member of birds of prey, and vultures will even attack some middle-aged animals when food is scarce. Small mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds and even poultry to fill their stomachs. The vulture robs the jackal As a bird of prey, the vulture will also bully some weak animals, grabbing the food just hunted from their hands and mouth. The smaller tiger-headed sea eagles are not soft-hearted in the slightest. They just do it and enjoy their food. After all, the law of nature is that the weak eat the strong. The bearded vulture among the vultures is also known as the "hyena of the vulture world", because the food of the bearded vulture is very different from other vultures, and its main food is bones. The marrow in the bones is not only rich in nutrients, but also very delicious in taste. After the other vultures have eaten the carrion, the bearded vultures will take away the remaining bones, throw them at a high altitude, break the bones, and then enjoy them beautifully. bone marrow in it.

A bald vulture?

Vultures have no feathers on their heads, which is an inherent perception of vultures. After all, the "baldness" of vultures can be seen from the name. Of course, the baldness of vultures is because the vultures need to put their heads into the abdominal cavity of the animal when they eat, which is often easily contaminated with blood. Not only is it difficult to clean up and it is easy to breed bacteria, after all, there is no strong acid on the head! New World Vultures Vultures are generally divided into two categories, the Old World and the New World. They are similar in appearance, and their living environment and habits are also very similar, but they are slightly different in genes. The vultures of the Old World are closer to eagles in blood, and the vultures of the New World are closer to ibis in blood. The vultures of the Old World lived in Africa, Europe, and Asia, while the vultures of the New World were found in North and South America. Co-authoring such a classification is related to Columbus' discovery of the New World. The vultures of the Old World and the vultures of the New World are indeed bald, with no feathers on their heads and necks, while the vultures of the Old World are flat-headed, with inconspicuous, very short feather. After all, vultures need freshness and cleanliness, so in terms of appearance, the requirements cannot be so high!

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