Happy International Vultures Day

[taiwan_girl]

Happy International Vulture Awareness Day! The event held every year on the first Saturday in September showcases these often misunderstood birds. These avians are not birds of prey. Instead, they are scavengers that play an important role in the ecosystem, by eating the remains of dead organisms (called carrion), and keeping deadly pathogens from spreading.  According to the World Wildlife Foundation, their stomachs have the same pH as battery acid, which allows them to sterilize an animal carcass and its immediate surroundings of bacteria that cause both botulism and anthrax.

https://vultureday.org

[Mik]

See them all the time here. I like them a lot as they have a needed function.

Go Vultures! Feast, Feast, Feast!

[jon-nyc]

I only see domestic vultures so this holiday is of little interest to me.

[brenda]

@jon-nyc
Are those the same as Karens?