do vultures eat their own kind? (2 Viewers)

[robv]

Hello, i was wandering if vultures eat their own kind (when dead) or do they only eat other species?

 

[London Birder]

strongly suspect they will ... apparently Griffon Vultures have been known to do so in captivity !

 

[robv]

strongly suspect they will ... apparently Griffon Vultures have been known to do so in captivity !

Do you mean they start killing/eating their cellmates or start picking themselves?

 

[London Birder]

no, if I remember rightly one captive bird died overnight and the following morning it's compatriots were seen feeding on it ... a totally 'unnatural' situation but wouldn't be surprised if it's documented in the wild ...


There's a Yahoo Group entitled 'Vulture-Conservation' ... appears to be some canabilism references there ...

 

[Talon 1]

Yes a Griffin will eat it .Its just another dead meal thats all.

I once worked on a chicken farm and if one got sick the rest would peck it to the bone.Not a morsel left.
All in minutes, about 1 to be honest.

 

[birdman]

Hey... carrion is carrion, I guess.

I've certainly seen Magpies picking at magpie roadkill, and let's face it "cannibalism" is a human concept.

 

[messy]

strongly suspect they will ... apparently Griffon Vultures have been known to do so in captivity !

do vultures eat thier young

 

[Maljunulo]

My guess would be if it’s dead, they will eat it.

 

[electrathecat]

Well, at least we know vultures won't eat attorneys -- professional courtesy!

(Terrible, thousand-year joke but I couldn't resist!)

 

[Ignatius]

Well, at least we know vultures won't eat attorneys -- professional courtesy!

(Terrible, thousand-year joke but I couldn't resist!)

And it's not even funny, as anyone who ever needed a lawyer well knows.

 

[electrathecat]

As a lawyer, I can assure you that needing a lawyer, as most folks eventually do, doesn't necessarily mean that people still don't hate them.