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Vultures are amongst the most threatened group of birds.
And, my favorite is, vultures are better looking.
So there's two types of vultures in this planet.
There are the New World vultures that are mainly found in the Americas, like the condors and the caracaras, and then the Old World vultures, where we have 16 species.
So why are vultures important?
Recent studies have shown that in areas where there are no vultures, carcasses take up to three to four times to decompose, and this has huge ramifications for the spread of diseases.
Vultures also have tremendous historical significance.
In places like Tibet, there are no places to bury the dead, or wood to cremate them, so these vultures provide a natural disposal system.
So what is the problem with vultures?
We have eight species of vultures that occur in Kenya, of which six are highly threatened with extinction.
The pastoral communities are using this poison to target predators, and in return, the vultures are falling victim to this.
In South Asia, in countries like India and Pakistan, four species of vultures are listed as critically endangered, which means they have less than 10 or 15 years to go extinct, and the reason is because they are falling prey by consuming livestock that has been treated with a painkilling drug like Diclofenac.
Because there are no vultures, there's been a spread in the numbers of feral dogs at carcass dump sites, and when you have feral dogs, you have a huge time bomb of rabies.
In West Africa, there's a horrific trade of dead vultures to serve the witchcraft and the fetish market.
We're talking to them about appreciating vultures, about the need from within to appreciate these wonderful creatures and the services that they provide.
When you walk out of this room, you will be informed about vultures, but speak to your families, to your children, to your neighbors about vultures.
I study vulture scavenging behavior and how vultures affect crime scenes.
I'm here to talk to you about how we take vultures for granted in forensic science.
We look up and to the left and see vultures circling round and round.
People know that vultures are connected to death.
What buzzards or vultures do we have in Louisiana?"
The big black birds you see circling in the sky within the US are vultures.
The two types of vultures that live in Louisiana are the turkey vulture and black vulture.
To fully understand the role of vultures in forensic science, I'll walk you through this forensic case.
Like the ladies in Nashville, the detective thinks that vultures circling in the sky will lead him to the body.
Vultures circle in the air because they are too big to flap their wings and fly, so they soar.
Vultures are too big and slow to hunt.
In fact, vultures are the only animals in the world that depend upon death as a food source.
Vultures usually remove the eyes first, then tear the skin, start pulling the tissues, and leave you with a skeleton.
Therefore, the importance of vultures is not in the air, but on the ground.
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