Did you know...
*It eats only carrion (dead animals) and when full, its crop and gizzard can hold over 13 pounds of meat.

*It gives hard blows with its beak to a fresh carcass in order to "tenderize" the flesh.

*It spends about 8 hours of each day flying, covering 200-300 miles.

*It can spot, with its sharp vision, an object 5 inches long from a height of one half mile.
© 1998 Alexander Deligtisch

Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvus