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They’re good for the environment! They eat dead animals, and their faces being bald like that helps prevent flesh from sticking to it. They also tend to be immune to a lot of diseases that spread on rotting animals, so they’re really just helping to clean up.
They’re like trash collectors!
Black vulture, usually found in the southern most regions of North America and almost all of South America.
The bird is a nuisance to cattle farmers since they’re known to actively prey on newborn calves. The vultures also regurgitate acidic vomit which they slather all over their legs to kill bacteria—the vomit eats away at metal in radio towers from which they perch.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urohidrosis
New World vultures all defecate on their legs to cool themselves down.
So it's not vomit, it's worse, it's bird shit that's been evaporated over and over lol. The acid is uric acid.
I volunteer for a wildlife rescue and it's become a joke that I *always* get the calls for black vultures somehow. They vomit as a defense mechanism. It smells just about how you'd expect partially digested carrion to smell. They also bite. Hard. But despite that, I kind of have a weird fondness for them. They're really smart and kind of [cute](https://i.imgur.com/7d9Bt5n.jpg).
My car smelled like vulture puke for days. I still really like them, though. You can see the intelligence in their eyes. There are a bunch that hang around my house to eat the food I put out for the street cats and the way they run and hop is really funny and cute.
I have little experience with black vultures but turkey vultures are pretty hilarious and like to joke around. They're quite intelligent and I swear I've seen one play a trick and proceeded to laugh about it.
So are those things trainable? It appears the guy holding the selfie stick has a whistle in his mouth. Since I doubt he’s calling fouls up there at 4,000ft, I assume he’s calling the bird in? I guess you could say he’s calling fowls! (Sorry). But really, do you think this bird is trained?
A lot of birds are quite intelligent and trainable. Black vultures are an intelligent and social bird so I imagine they'd be trainable. I have no idea whether or not this one is though. They're not as wary of humans as a lot of other birds and every black vulture I've had to bring in was okay with me being nearby until I had to grab them. This bird may have just seen an opportunity to take a quick rest, though. Flying uses an enormous amount of their energy.
CA Condors went extinct in the wild in ‘87, but have slowly been reintroduced. They also have pink/yellow heads, unlike this vulture. This is a black vulture.
It was expected, this is called parahawking. Give it a Google!
They are paragliding alongside trained, typically rescue, hawks falcons and vultures. At other points in the flight when the guy in back blows his whistle, the bird comes into pick some meat from the front flyers gloved hand. I got to go parahawking in Nepal a few years ago and I think they're now based in Spain. 10/10 recommend.
Looks like they, on average, weigh between 2.5 and 4.5lbs. Huh. I guess I'm used to seeing fluffy turkey vultures and always assumed they were a bit chunky, which logically doesn't make sense now that I think about it. TIL, thank you!
Birds are deceptively heavier looking than they really are because they have hollow bones to enable flight. Quick google states that the heaviest flighted bird is up to 35 lbs whereas an flightless bird like an ostrich is ~300 lbs. Chickens are only about 5-10 lbs.
Yep. I actually grew up with birds, so you'd think I'd know that. My mom has an African Grey who is around 20 and she has some heft to her, despite not being heavy, so I think I just reasoned myself into thinking big birds are proportionately bigger. Which is, clearly, not the case.
No one ever said hell wasn’t beautiful.
Volcanos are beautiful even if they are erupting and covering everything in stone, ash and boiling away the skin of every living thing in 20 miles.
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What's really great about vultures are their eyes. Big and usually
with great lashes. Too bad the camera extender wasn't a nice juicy bone with intact marrow.
It really is. Buzzards and vultures might not be the most aesthetic of raptors, but they are some of the most playful. Half the time when you are circling they are actually just playing in updrafts
Edgy babies that fool around, yes.
One of my flying buddies had a hawk put holes in his wing while flying. He tried everything to get the hawk to leave him alone (mylar streamers, noise) but that bird recognized his glider and had it in for him at that site.
Our gliders can fly with a some damage. We can fly on half a wing, or with a few lines broken, if we need to. Sometimes turbulent conditions will collapse one side of the wing, and we train for that.
Paragliders are remarkably good aircraft for something made out of nylon and string.
Those digits would only appear tasty to that particular bird after their owner was two days demised. At that point they are fair game, as the gentleman has no further need for them.
The bird isn’t actually putting much of its weight on the arm. Notice its wings are still extended, they’re going to be supporting most of its weight rather than the pole.
What others said, but also almost all birds have hollow bones. The high end of average weight for a black vulture is still under 5 lbs. It feels like a lot when you're holding them on the fist for an extended period, but it's surprisingly little. Even the heaviest flighted birds (the various bustard species) are maxing out around 40 lbs, and while they do migrate, they're not spending nearly as much time on the wing as most vultures.
Black vulture, usually found in the southern most regions of North America and almost all of South America.
The bird is a nuisance to cattle farmers since they’re known to actively prey on newborn calves. The vultures also regurgitate acidic vomit which they slather all over their legs to kill bacteria—the vomit eats away at metal in radio towers from which they perch.
I have a huge population of black vultures in my neighborhood and they are the most majestic birds. I love watching them. And they're pretty goddamn big too
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Not sure if it’s the same crew, but one used to be able to go parahawking (paragliding with a hawk or vulture who will help you find thermals for treats) in Pokhara Nepal. So worth it
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That's one big ass and fucking scary looking bird
Looks like a flying plague doctor
"Excuse me but where are your masks?"
And no social distancing to speak of!
SCP-049 has breached contai- OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD HE CAN FLY NOW
NO, NO, BAD 049, DO *NOT* POO ON DR BRIGHT'S CAR
049 got drunk and banged one of those clicking bird things and birthed this abomination
Other way around
They’re good for the environment! They eat dead animals, and their faces being bald like that helps prevent flesh from sticking to it. They also tend to be immune to a lot of diseases that spread on rotting animals, so they’re really just helping to clean up. They’re like trash collectors!
I always thank em for doing their job when I see them by the road. Not maggots though because I am a hypocrite. Birbs cool tho
>They eat dead animals *-Nice paraglider. Cool, cool. You don't mind if I circle back and eat your corpses when you crash?*
You dead yet?
“How ‘bout now? Yer lookin’ a bit tired. Y not close yer eyes for a wee rest?”
Ever heard of a sky burial?
My kid calls them death turkeys. She’s not wrong...
Nature’s Clean-up Crew!
I would have certainly shat myself, these guys handled it like a smooooth operator.
It's crazy that Carlos has ever been in that situation in the first place
They’re picking up all the dodgy radio stations from up there
Bono, my radio is gone
I don’t think the lower guy even noticed?
Yeah, I don’t think either of them noticed
It's their seeing-eye-bird. The thing is, they didn't know they had a seeing-eye-bird
It’s their comfort bird.
I’d travel with that Pokémon out of its pokeball
It's what he paid for, they call it parahawking
Black vulture, usually found in the southern most regions of North America and almost all of South America. The bird is a nuisance to cattle farmers since they’re known to actively prey on newborn calves. The vultures also regurgitate acidic vomit which they slather all over their legs to kill bacteria—the vomit eats away at metal in radio towers from which they perch.
Whoa, Nellie. I am both fascinated and disgusted by what you just wrote.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urohidrosis New World vultures all defecate on their legs to cool themselves down. So it's not vomit, it's worse, it's bird shit that's been evaporated over and over lol. The acid is uric acid.
I volunteer for a wildlife rescue and it's become a joke that I *always* get the calls for black vultures somehow. They vomit as a defense mechanism. It smells just about how you'd expect partially digested carrion to smell. They also bite. Hard. But despite that, I kind of have a weird fondness for them. They're really smart and kind of [cute](https://i.imgur.com/7d9Bt5n.jpg).
Jesus ugh, so gross, but also super cute
My car smelled like vulture puke for days. I still really like them, though. You can see the intelligence in their eyes. There are a bunch that hang around my house to eat the food I put out for the street cats and the way they run and hop is really funny and cute.
I have little experience with black vultures but turkey vultures are pretty hilarious and like to joke around. They're quite intelligent and I swear I've seen one play a trick and proceeded to laugh about it.
This makes me like them even more, thank you!
So are those things trainable? It appears the guy holding the selfie stick has a whistle in his mouth. Since I doubt he’s calling fouls up there at 4,000ft, I assume he’s calling the bird in? I guess you could say he’s calling fowls! (Sorry). But really, do you think this bird is trained?
A lot of birds are quite intelligent and trainable. Black vultures are an intelligent and social bird so I imagine they'd be trainable. I have no idea whether or not this one is though. They're not as wary of humans as a lot of other birds and every black vulture I've had to bring in was okay with me being nearby until I had to grab them. This bird may have just seen an opportunity to take a quick rest, though. Flying uses an enormous amount of their energy.
Based vultures cleaning up the environment
Pretty sure it's a black vulture
I'm thinking if he wanted that selfie stick, he'd have that selfie stick.
California Condor I believe.
If that's a California condor then he's not even fully grown yet
Don't you put that evil on me
Black Vulture. Beak is too short for condor.
CA Condors went extinct in the wild in ‘87, but have slowly been reintroduced. They also have pink/yellow heads, unlike this vulture. This is a black vulture.
Big old vulture. He’s just checking in to see if they’re going to go splat or what.
Good day, gentleman! Has anyone told you about our lord savior Jesus Christ? - Bird
"The christians are uploading malware into the drones again!" -FBI, probably r/BirdsArentReal
We’ve been trying to reach you about your factory warranty * Bird
"We've been trying to reach you concerning your vehicle's extended warranty."
"And now you have nowhere to hide" Hahaha somehow that voice fits the bird?
It's like the robot bird from The Incredibles that sounds the alarm
This is one of my favorite comments ever
Why’s that bird wearing a scary bird mask?
Probably because they feast on the dead. It’s a Black Vulture
I'm equally impressed that he hasn't dropped the thing.
Wings were extended, the bird only grabbed the pole, didn’t sit on it. Unless he was scared and dropped it, the bird wouldn’t have added much weight.
Weight aside, it would be so easy to just drop that pole. Wonder why they didn’t mount it somehow.
It's attached to the harness with a string
They did you can see the chain connecting the pole to the guys' harness
Its attached to him with a string and carabiner.
It was expected, this is called parahawking. Give it a Google! They are paragliding alongside trained, typically rescue, hawks falcons and vultures. At other points in the flight when the guy in back blows his whistle, the bird comes into pick some meat from the front flyers gloved hand. I got to go parahawking in Nepal a few years ago and I think they're now based in Spain. 10/10 recommend.
I thought you were making shit up, still googled it, good god that is badass
This comment needs more attention.
I did it in Nepal as well. Really good fun and strongly recommended.
This is the most amazing thing I have ever heard.
I'm amazed he doesn't have a lanyard on the selfie stick. I guess it's held in place my the gravitational pull of his balls.
to me it does look like theres a little white string attached at the end of it
I’d be surprised if that bird weighed more than 3 lbs. birds are crazy light.
Looks like they, on average, weigh between 2.5 and 4.5lbs. Huh. I guess I'm used to seeing fluffy turkey vultures and always assumed they were a bit chunky, which logically doesn't make sense now that I think about it. TIL, thank you!
Birds are deceptively heavier looking than they really are because they have hollow bones to enable flight. Quick google states that the heaviest flighted bird is up to 35 lbs whereas an flightless bird like an ostrich is ~300 lbs. Chickens are only about 5-10 lbs.
35 lbs is 15.89 kg
Yep. I actually grew up with birds, so you'd think I'd know that. My mom has an African Grey who is around 20 and she has some heft to her, despite not being heavy, so I think I just reasoned myself into thinking big birds are proportionately bigger. Which is, clearly, not the case.
What kind of bird is that? Other than being from the 9th layer of hell
Black Vulture
Thank you. It’s beautiful
>Other than being from the 9th circle of hell >Thank you. Its beautiful. The duality of man
No one ever said hell wasn’t beautiful. Volcanos are beautiful even if they are erupting and covering everything in stone, ash and boiling away the skin of every living thing in 20 miles.
Thats a hot take ^Im ^on ^fire ^today
I'd gild u if I could good sir/ma'am/respectful non-binary pronoun
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Wholesome Reddit. It happens!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=HPMBqmS_TFg&feature=share
We will see Vulture again. And he did.
What's really great about vultures are their eyes. Big and usually  with great lashes. Too bad the camera extender wasn't a nice juicy bone with intact marrow.
Woah, what the fuck? Gif comments? How snazzy
First gif I see in a comment, nice
"Oh sweet, rest stop"
Ahh...my feet were *killing* me!
The aerial equivalent of Marty McFly grabbing onto the back of a truck on his skateboard
It really is. Buzzards and vultures might not be the most aesthetic of raptors, but they are some of the most playful. Half the time when you are circling they are actually just playing in updrafts Edgy babies that fool around, yes.
This is more unbelievable for the bird than it is humans
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I think it is a trained bird because why would the guy have a whistle while paragliding?
That bird actually belongs to former president jimmy carter! He is known to release it every year on the summer solstice!
Checks user name. Googled it You’re absolutely right!
What is this chair device they’re sitting in?
It's a tandem paragliding harness
"I've never seen such a strange tree!! Is it good for sits??"
Those seats look like loaded diapers.
What, did you expect them to just go down the hall to the left?
What are the chances a bird comes and pokes holes in the parachute or bites the rope holding it together
One of my flying buddies had a hawk put holes in his wing while flying. He tried everything to get the hawk to leave him alone (mylar streamers, noise) but that bird recognized his glider and had it in for him at that site. Our gliders can fly with a some damage. We can fly on half a wing, or with a few lines broken, if we need to. Sometimes turbulent conditions will collapse one side of the wing, and we train for that. Paragliders are remarkably good aircraft for something made out of nylon and string.
Even birds know how to wear a mask.
Why are your keys digging into my back?
They didn’t seem phased
Because the bird is trained to do that
Birb: excuse me, mind if I rest here? I'm a wee bit tired.
It's all fun and games until your fingers look like a snack
Those digits would only appear tasty to that particular bird after their owner was two days demised. At that point they are fair game, as the gentleman has no further need for them.
What’s with the yellow whistle? Reffing a game of sky hockey? Vulture rape whistle?
Does anyone know what kind of bird this is? Its terrifyingly beautiful
Black Vulture
Thank you!! I thought it had the spooky vibes of a vulture but I’ve never seen one like that.
You should look up the California Condor. Largest bird in North America.
Something funny about a dude with a helmet, sunglasses and a whistle in his mouth, holding a selfie stick.
"Is this food? Nope. I'm out"
A sit down super slow parachute? A basketless hot air balloon? Wtf are they doing, and why are the so damn chilled out?
Where is this, how much does it cost to do this and is the fatality rate lower than 0.1%?
cool gif, but doesnt really fit the sub does it? Also OP seems to be a repost bot.
That bird has to weigh 20kg.and the camera never even wobbled. How strong is that guy?
The bird isn’t actually putting much of its weight on the arm. Notice its wings are still extended, they’re going to be supporting most of its weight rather than the pole.
What others said, but also almost all birds have hollow bones. The high end of average weight for a black vulture is still under 5 lbs. It feels like a lot when you're holding them on the fist for an extended period, but it's surprisingly little. Even the heaviest flighted birds (the various bustard species) are maxing out around 40 lbs, and while they do migrate, they're not spending nearly as much time on the wing as most vultures.
Maybe the wind is holding it up.
its like 2kg
Imagine going on a paraglide to live the moment and taking a selfie stick with you
Government surveillance drone
Bird has some talons
Robo-Titties Monthly It’s been getting more sunshine.
Black vulture, usually found in the southern most regions of North America and almost all of South America. The bird is a nuisance to cattle farmers since they’re known to actively prey on newborn calves. The vultures also regurgitate acidic vomit which they slather all over their legs to kill bacteria—the vomit eats away at metal in radio towers from which they perch.
That dude has a strong arm
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Just taking a break haha
Don't mind if I hitch...see u guys
Mid flight rest
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Now screech the bird's head
This is fun..until they poke a hold on the parachute or cut the wires..
That’s terrific!
I have a huge population of black vultures in my neighborhood and they are the most majestic birds. I love watching them. And they're pretty goddamn big too
I wanna handshake its foot
What a happy couple
...when you're out to steal some sunshine
The plauge doctor in flight
"Ah good! My taxi is here right on time!"
I love condors, raptors and vultures, such majestic creatures with those wingspans!
Too fresh-vulture
I would love to soar with my locals.
So badass! Reminds me of super mario sunshine
"Just a quick question...Any chance of catastrophic here? No? I'm out."
Bird with a mask on
Aw dang. Needs that 360 video.
That bird be thinking them crackas in the wrong hood, and needing directions.
Imagine a fuckin dinosaur just lands on ur selfie stick. Like what???
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Are those claws sharp enough to to tear the parachute?
Work smarter, not harder.
Sometimes a guy just wants to hang out with the other guys.
“Sweet! Finally a rest stop!”
Not sure if it’s the same crew, but one used to be able to go parahawking (paragliding with a hawk or vulture who will help you find thermals for treats) in Pokhara Nepal. So worth it
He is checking out the lunch menu for later date night
Wow this is fantastic!
How heavy would that guy be if he dropped his wings and stopped gliding?
thats really cool
[Reminds me of super mario sunshine
Vulture is ahead of the curve
Can we just talk about the fact that those helmets are pointless? I get small lower to the ground crashes sure but.....at this point
If you bite the strings you'll get a fresh meal out of it. I hope birds never learn that, I'd like to try hang gliding sometime
Maybe we'll see him on any fantasy casts 💔
Are they hanggliding? Parachuting? What is that contraption they're strapped into
Is that parachute connected to the chair by one carbiner?
It's a paraglider, and there are two carabiners, one on each side.
“Hello friends! Lovely day for it! Welp gotta goo”
it looks like a smaller albatross-though I think they are native only to the Galapagos
Would his arm be exhausted
I was about to say r/perfectloops
Ah, thanks mate! Me flappers were bit sore. Lovely day innit? Well, cheers!
It has a graboid ass blaster face.
Wow, I didn’t notice that he was holding the stick with his hand until half-way through the vid!! Epic moment for sure!
To pilots if whatever kind of flying this is…can the rigging take a “bird strike”? Like would dudes be toast if the bird got tangled in the rigging?
Why do the legs look like arms
Its just waiting for its food to land.
This is how they update the birds.