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The secret of vultures and their fair carcass shares:As scavengers vultures eat all manner of dead and rotting carcasses...
11/09/2024

The secret of vultures and their fair carcass shares:

As scavengers vultures eat all manner of dead and rotting carcasses. With this in mind, you’re probably wondering how they don’t end up sick, right? Well, the secret is in their stomach acid. This is because vultures stomach acid is highly acidic which allows them to safely digest bacteria which would be lethal to other scavengers – such as anthrax, botulium toxin, and hog cholera.

This makes vultures incredibly important as they are able to safely remove dangerous bacteria from the environment. With a pH of 1.0, vultures stomachs have the lowest pH of any other animal in the world. As it is highly acidic it is also extremely corrosive.

This is particularly useful for vultures as they also consume bones, so their stomach acid is able to break them down easily.

Did you know that they also urinate on their legs and that’s why they tend to be seen with white legs?

As disgusting as it sounds, vultures really do urinate right down their legs, but it actually has a purpose. When vultures are eating they often walk in and around rotting carcasses which contain lots of bacteria as we’ve mentioned above, and all of this can accumulate on their legs. By urinating down their legs – a process called urohidrosis – they can kill this bacteria with their urine. The other reason that vultures urinate down their legs is to help cool themselves down while they are in the blistering heat. This is because it actually cools them down as it evaporates.

Finding such a wake of mixed vulture species in one place or soaring up in the skies is in most cases an indicator of a carcass in the wilderness and yes, that’s exactly how we landed onto this beautiful sighting - using the vulture compass.... 🤗

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Good evening friends from Amboseli African wild savanna 📷 Solly Leviwww.safariman.co.ke
10/09/2024

Good evening friends from Amboseli African wild savanna

📷 Solly Levi

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The Flamboyance of Flamingos in Lake Bogoria National Park Kenya 🇰🇪 😍 www.safariman.co.ke
10/09/2024

The Flamboyance of Flamingos in Lake Bogoria National Park Kenya 🇰🇪 😍

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The spider that did this created a portal to another dimension 🕸️www.safariman.co.ke
09/09/2024

The spider that did this created a portal to another dimension 🕸️

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Yes dentist this one hurts more.. 😆📸 Brigitte Alcalay-Marconwww.safariman.co.ke
09/09/2024

Yes dentist this one hurts more.. 😆
📸 Brigitte Alcalay-Marcon

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Two Giants…Good morning friendsfromAmboseliNationalParkKenya, have a marvelous weekend xoxo 📸 Stanleywww.safariman.co.k...
09/09/2024

Two Giants…

Good morning friendsfromAmboseliNationalParkKenya, have a marvelous weekend xoxo

📸 Stanley

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Starlink loading…! Wonderful to have a spotter to help us find the best spot to mount our Starlink. 📡🦒😁📸 Sarara Camp ww...
08/09/2024

Starlink loading…!

Wonderful to have a spotter to help us find the best spot to mount our Starlink. 📡🦒😁

📸 Sarara Camp

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"Pink dawn"The reflection of a flamingo colony reddens the waters of Kenya's Lake Bogoria, under a purple sky.....www.sa...
07/09/2024

"Pink dawn"

The reflection of a flamingo colony reddens the waters of Kenya's Lake Bogoria, under a purple sky.....

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"Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud " 🦓 🌈Wishing you a pleasant evening...📷 Robert Jahnswww.safariman.co.ke
06/09/2024

"Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud " 🦓 🌈

Wishing you a pleasant evening...

📷 Robert Jahns

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Mother and daughter ❤️🦓Tirá is a polka-dotted zebra who was born this way due to a genetic mutation in 2019, in a Masai...
06/09/2024

Mother and daughter ❤️🦓

Tirá is a polka-dotted zebra who was born this way due to a genetic mutation in 2019, in a Masai reserve, Kenya, Africa.

The news of her birth went around the world due to her rare color.

Tira is a zebra who now lives a normal and happy life...

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THE STALKERLions are expert stalkers. They can use the barest of cover to get close to prey by holding the head and body...
06/09/2024

THE STALKER
Lions are expert stalkers. They can use the barest of cover to get close to prey by holding the head and body close to the ground.

Lions will get as close as possible to their prey before the final dash and pounce. Sometimes a chase is necessary but this is always short. Lions can cover 100 m in 6 sec in final chase.

The point of attack is usually the rump or shoulders of the prey and the sheer weight of the lion causes the animal to fall, at which time it is grabbed by the throat or muzzle for the final strangulation or suffocation.

Spotted in Kruger, Oct. 2023.
Canon EOS R7, 100 - 400 mm lens.

📸 Sebastian Homuth Photography

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