Showing posts with label vulture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vulture. Show all posts

Monday, September 9, 2024

Animal Alphabet, U through Z

The UNICORN
Had but one horn
To jab his foeman with;
It would not do
To search the zoo
For him, for he's a myth.


The toughest bird
Of which I've heard
Without doubt is the VULTURE.
He steals and slays,
And all his ways
Proclaim he has no culture.

The WILDCAT'S name
Shows he's not tame;
He's anything but mild.
His friends are few;
He knows it, too,
And that's what makes him wild.

Let's not discuss
The XIPHIAS,
I'm sure you would be bored.
the only thing
Interesting
About him is his sword.

It's well to stay
Quite far away
From YELLOW-JACKET'S nest.
For he can sting
Like anything;
That's what he does the best.

The old ZEBU
Would hardly do
To ride upon the street.
Though he knows how
To pull a plow,
He's anything but fleet.

Ross F. Taylor

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Friday, July 17, 2020

Vulture

Vultures are characterized by their
featherless necks.
       Vulture, the common name for a class of carrion-eating birds, characterized by necks destitute of feathers and by elongated beaks, with curved upper mandibles. Their talons are not relatively strong, and in tearing prey apart, they make more use of their beaks than of their claws. Vultures are usually of a cowardly disposition and will not attack live animals, unless the latter are seriously wounded or dying, as they feed almost entirely on decaying animal flesh. They fly high in the air and detect their prey from great distances. They are valuable scavengers in all warm and tropical countries. 

Two More Vulture Types:
       The California vulture has a long, flat, orange-colored head and dull black plumage, with a grayish wing band. It builds a loose nest of sticks, in a hollow in a tree or cliff, and lays one round, greenish-white egg. 
       The Egyptian species, called "Pharaoh's hen," is found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean.

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