Turkey Vultures use their sense of smell to find carrion. Other vultures, like the Black Vulture, rely upon their vision to find food, often locating carrion by watching where other vultures go. Photo by -jon via Birdshare.

Do vultures find dead animals by smell or by tracking predators or scavengers on the ground?

Researchers proved fairly long ago that Turkey Vultures can smell. In 1938, the Union Oil Company discovered that by injecting a strong-smelling organic chemical called mercaptan into gas lines, they … Continue reading Do vultures find dead animals by smell or by tracking predators or scavengers on the ground?

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