beaglerlove said:
Preferences are generally herbivores > omnivores > carnivores. But size also matters, as does the amount of meat, as does how freshly dead the carcass is (yes, vultures prefer their food as freshly dead as possible—they won’t touch a carcass that’s been out for longer than four or five days). Could these birds have eaten a human who died out there? Possibly. But their presence at a KNOWN vulture roost is NOT an indicator of this.
beaglerlove said:
Furthermore, believe it or not, vultures have their own dietary preferences, which may vary between different species AND individuals
beaglerlove said:
For those who think this is some sort of morbid sign and/or that the vultures are there because of dead bodies: They’re not. Vultures are highly social and roost communally, usually in dead trees, but also on manmade structures when other options are not available. Vultures do NOT, however, roost near food sources; there are way too many risks for that, and vultures don’t have many adaptations for defending themselves, so avoiding these risks is preferable.
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