vulture is considered a vital cleanser of environment give reason
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Vultures fill an important role in an ecosystem;
they are nature’s clean-up crew and help get rid
of some of the less desirable things in our
environment. They are carnivores, but instead of
hunting for live prey, they are scavengers and
feed on dead animals or discarded prey left
behind by predators.
Vultures have many interesting adaptations that
help them fulfill this role. As you can see in the
picture to the right, vultures lack feathers on their
heads. This adaptation helps to prevent vultures
from getting flesh and other materials stuck to their heads when they are eating carcasses, keeping
vultures from getting infections from the rotting flesh they consume. They also have excellent eyesight and
a strong sense of smell, which helps them to locate their food. Additionally, they have very acidic
stomachs, which help them to digest diseases like anthrax and rabies. You may have seen vultures soaring
in the air, barely flapping their wings. By soaring on thermals, vultures expend very little energy, which is
helpful since they may have to wait a few days between meals.
In the video “Vultures: India’s Clean-Up Crew” that accompanies this lesson plan, the role of the vulture is
examined in detail, including what happens when there is a drastic decline in the vulture population in
India in the late 1990’s. Scientists determined that the population decline was caused by the veterinary
drug diclofenac, which had been used in cattle.
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Vultures Is Considered A Vital Cleanser Of the Environment Because
- Vultures are scavengers which entirely eat dead animal carcasses, and are extremely effective at removing pathogens and toxins in the environment because they hastily consume carrion before it decays, and their stomachs comprise an exceptionally potent acid that engulfs many of the harmful substances found in dead animals.
- Vultures clean harmful substances from the environment, mitigating the reach of diseases that may differently affect not only regional food webs but potentially human health and thrift.
- Eating dead animals known as carrion ventures removes dead carcasses from the environment which is a useful service that goes adequately beyond environmental aesthetics.
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