Dimitri wrote:
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> > > > is it dangerous to eat rotten food ?
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> > > > Because I only eat rotten food and had no problems yet.
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> > > Not a problem if you are a turkey vulture.
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> > > Dimitri
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> > Surprised at you Dimitri...For feeding this troll.....I thought better of
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> > Bigbazza
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> A very interesting bird:
> http://www.accutek.com/vulture/
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> "One of the more important studies we will be conducting is the ability of
> the vulture's digestive system to kill the bacteria and virus of infected
> meat the bird consumes. The ability to disinfect rodent carcasses carrying
> the Hantavirus will be studied. This work could possibly be of much
> significance to human medical research."
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> Dimitri


And baby turkey vultures are cute as anything... ;-)
Betty, (a local raptor rehabber), told me about her adventures in
raising one. :-) Turns out that they tame too easily and can be a pain
to make wild!

Sadie would follow her around the house and untie her shoelaces, and
LOVED to be handfed! When she tried to release her, Sadie hung out on
local mailboxes and "begged" <G>. The neighbors were not quite sure what
to do! LOL!

She finally found a local turkey vulture roosting site and managed to
complete the rehab. It would probably be best to raise these birds in
pairs, even if you had to capture a wild baby to help work with the
rescued one... IMHO anyway.

There are many of these birds in the Texas hill country area, and I
think that they are charming creatures! I've only taken in injured
adults so far, (usually ones that survived being clipped by a car whilst
consuming Texas speed bumps (aka armadillos) and needed remedial care.
:-) )

I personally like them. They have delighful personalties!

K.

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