Why do owls eat mice?
Owls eat mice too, but, unlike vultures, they’ll catch them alive. They hunt them at night as they are nocturnal birds. Owls’ role is also very important as they keep farmyards clean. Are vultures dangerous? Vultures only feed on carcasses. They are actually very nervous and careful animals and always make sure that their preys are dead before they eat them. So, no, they are not dangerous birds. Why do they have a wattle on their bill? The vultures you are looking at are from South America. The structure of their face is used to display sex differences: the male’s wattle is larger. Also, South America vultures -or New World vultures- are more brightly coloured and usually work in pairs. Several species have a very good sense of smell, which is unusual for raptors. Their ‘Old World’ counterparts (from Asia, Africa and Europe) find carcasses exclusively by eyesight and have feathers around their neck which help them keep flies away. Also they live and work in huge colonies, not in pairs,
