Vultures eat rotting corpses! / Miriam Coleman.
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TextSeries: Coleman, Miriam. Disgusting animal dinners ; Publisher: New York : PowerKids Press, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: 24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1477728864 (library)
- 1477729739 (pbk.)
- 9781477728864 (library)
- 9781477729731 (pbk.)
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 598.92 C692 | Available | 33111007978980 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Vultures are huge birds known for feeding on the rotting, dead carcasses of animals. This doesn't sound very appetizing to most of us, and indeed most animals would become quite ill if they ate what vultures eat. However, vultures have many unique adaptations that allow them to thrive on their rotting diets, teeming with bacteria, maggots, and other gross by-products of the decaying corpse. Despite their unappealing meal choices, vultures are a vital part of keeping their ecosystems healthy. Readers will be fascinated by these giant birds.
Includes bibliographical references (page 24) and index.
Meet the vulture -- Old world and new world -- Where do vultures live? -- Vulture diets -- Disgusting vulture facts! -- The nose knows -- Made for scavenging -- Acid insides! -- Vulture life cycle -- A part to play.
Looks at interesting facts about the vulture and included information about where they live, what they eat, and their life cycle.