King Vultures | National Geographic

The colorful king vulture reigns over Mayan jungle ruins, where it's well-adapted to its scavenger lifestyle.
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[@evol0bribri]

first of all vultures are not stupid, and they are beautiful!

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

They also prevent insane amounts of disease

[@falcontiktok8624]

Facts I love vultures

[@joelap.3859]

Finally someone that sees them the way I see em too!

[@knotbox]

I think they said "stooped"

[@foodjam9193]

Nobody said stupid. He said stooped

[@motherofcitycats7841]

I love Vultures. In 2015 a Turkey Vulture laid eggs in my porch roof space. I was able to watch the babies grow each day until they fledged. I had a front row seat and I watched their daily antics from my attic window. I have uploaded a few videos to my You Tube Channel. There is some up close footage of the two babies and their Mom.

[@BestOfAnimalss]

What’s his name? Of the narrator

[@FluffyJetProductions]

Lovely birds in their own right. Beautiful wingspan and gliding effortlessly. A true king.

[@davidbrody307]

instaBlaster...

[@BestOfAnimalss]

Hi… what’s the narrator’s name?

[@interstate8080]

I wonder which species were more excited and grateful for the invention of the automobile- humans or vultures?

[@aydenspuppetproductions2002]

King vultures are so pretty

[@dr.robotico8500]

And handsome.

[@mirzamehedihasan4037]

Loo

[@mirzamehedihasan4037]

@@dr.robotico8500 lol

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Lol

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Lol

[@zenmastakilla]

Vultures are the best birds

[@carl3205]

vultures>crows

[@LittleBraveWarriorIsBest]

Crows outsmarts them tho, sure vultures might be have a greater size but that's far from the case when reffering to the brain. There is a really cool video on the BBC channel, a crow finds a dead animal but it can't get through it's hide so it calls upon vultures to start ripping it apart. The crow then starts nipping at the vultures feather which makes them fight, while all the vultures fight the crow goes for the meat.

[@LittleBraveWarriorIsBest]

OH FUCK I DIDN'T SEE THE DATE OF THE COMMENT

[@adipatikersani6674]

Ita for you for me is ANDEAN CONDOR

[@KingaKucyk]

@@LittleBraveWarriorIsBest Yup. Crows are smarter than most humans, especially nowadays XD

[@zeph6439]

As the narrator mentions, vultures were seen by the ancients in South America, North America, Europe and of course Egypt (they even portrayed the goddess Nekhbet in hieroglyphs, as a vulture), as sacred birds. Their role was to intercede with or carry messages to the Great Spirit.

[@TSPH1992]

Itzpapalotl a Nahua goddess of Chicimeca, Zapotec origin was also associated with the vulture and with moths. And in the case of Cuscatlán (El Salvador) the consort of Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl

[@zeph6439]

@@TSPH1992Thank you for your interesting comment my friend! The vulture does personify the currents of life and re-birth(death). In Anatolia this Goddess is Cybele.

[@commanderxp90]

King Vultures are SOO BEAUTIFUL.

[@CheapRobot]

nature never ceases to amaze

[@CJCroen1393]

I recall hearing somewhere that when a king vulture lands on a carcass that other vultures have already taken, the other vultures always step aside and let the king vulture eat first.

[@ScanovatheCarnotaurus]

size means everything at a carcass, usually when there's a bigger bird the smaller ones simply stand aside cause contesting doesn't make a difference

[@cbp117]

i would like too se how it react next to a Condor that is a kind of Vulture aswell :P

[@Koraxus]

@@ScanovatheCarnotaurus I think numbers may be able to overcome the size difference sometimes. Turkey vultures are larger than balck vultures, and can destroy them 1 on 1, but when the number of black vultures increase their confidence grows and they start behaving far more violently, eventually making turkey vultures step aside without much resistance

[@ek9509]

The king vulture is a large bird found in Central and South America. It is a member of the New World vulture family Cathartidae. This vulture lives predominantly in tropical lowland forests stretching from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.

[@peregrine00falcon]

The king truly is beautiful and magnificent. But other vultures, to my eyes, are beautiful and interesting as the king. Nice video.

[@tacos394]

hurray for the King vulture!! Maya Mountains of Belize

[@fabianabarca1160]

Such a beautiful creature.

[@RectangularBird]

I love these birds-- I've worked with one before. She was bright pink, absoloutely beautiful. I hope to visit her again sometime, she was a great vulture :)

[@TroodonJesus156]

1:21 i caught a fish and it was thiiiiiissss big

[@Shivam-br5bk]

Lol

[@bananka4905]

Can i just say mayans seem to be amazimg. Their architectural buildings all over is awesome

[@andyblackcl0ud]

I love vultures, they're my favorite animals.

[@Filbi]

The narrator also said that the vulture has strong stomach acids that kill the bacteria it ingests. But the bird also gets bacteria on its head while it's eating, which is why it stands in the sun.

[@PriestessAusetRaAmen]

Beautiful!!!

[@henryandryanscience6660]

They’re so important!

[@XMusic93]

So beautiful locations, good video!

[@roseannpanimdim7128]

My Favorite Bird is the King Volture

[@sidensvans67]

Fabulous birds .

[@abelmantor7557]

Beautiful creatures.

[@sukantdas9304]

I love king vulture

[@optombomber2980]

Awesome music 0:00 / 0:01

[@sinfuldebauchery]

Beautiful bird and a good song.

[@aceblade]

What a fantastic bird. :)

[@tracylopez9529]

I agree it is inresting

[@firozemishra9485]

i think it is nice

[@Fishlova82]

Amazing info about the bacteria! Isn't nature wonderful?!!

[@SubparPanda]

King Vulture...very appropriate name! They look like royalty!

[@chadsexinton]

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE LONGER VIDEOS.

[@Rmathis80]

How the hell do National geographic get good films and good shots of animals without being attacked???

[@eagleclaw006]

such gorgeous birds, i want one as a pet

[@aydenspuppetproductions2002]

People say that the king vulture is one of the rarest birds

[@mitchleonard3299]

For expanse vultures are very spooky and scary birds

[@MajidUrRehman]

vuture is a badass bird.

[@brandonneilsta.teresa3494]

Majestic.

[@MarcRodriguez1]

Beautiful compared to other vultures.

[@bluevegerot6754]

I love all birds ,they're all so gorgeous ,btw my favorite birds are chickens and cockatiels

[@FunFilmFare]

Shiny Vulture!

[@dylangeltzeiler946]

If I didn’t know any better, but I think this footage came from a National Geographic documentary on Jaguars.

[@niamtxiv]

beautiful birds.

[@kotk05]

I was hoping for the vulture to say "Hey Jag? You gonna finish that?"

[@MirkotheGreat]

i learn something new every time nat geo posts a vid. :D dats why i remain subscribed

[@mitchleonard3299]

Or even mostly colorful it just like a rainbow

[@TerranRepublic]

Hold control on your keyboard and scroll up on your mouse's scroll wheel at the same time, that should fix it.

[@CognitiveFungus]

they are truly magnificent. I saw a white Hawk or eagle over NJ the other day - ARE there albino hawks/eagles? it was beautiful but not as colorful as the king.

[@calimanjar0]

love vultures

[@DevilSlayer911]

lol i bet the next person that sees that irl will be like "When did turkeys learn to fly"

[@lespaulsg335]

this bird is totatly cool!

[@hitterbrehm]

they are beautiful

[@rajasekharjangam4999]

Awesome video

[@carboy101]

Wow what an Amazing bird.

[@TheSanityInspector]

The mayans didn't die out. They just stopped living in their big cities, long before the Spaniards arrived. You might be thinking of the conquest of the Incas & Aztecs.

[@Lizzarazo]

awesome creatues

[@VultureOfficial]

Beautiful Birds

[@nilmanigoswami8097]

Masters of the sky

[@BinkieMcFartnuggets]

Why is it okay for a vulture to have something like that hanging from its nostril but when I have something similar people refuse to talk to me?

[@naturezaeconservacao]

Fantástica ave!!

[@ishigum]

♫ My momma done told me, bring home something for dinner! ♫

[@saintvictorie]

Wow... this guys knows science.... :D

[@Moejabi]

thats a handsome bird!!

[@justasarcasshole2038]

0:18 Your that only one I heard say that about a vulture.

[@kristiandelacruz27]

Awesome!

[@thomashuffman3237]

Ah, vultures. Our fine feathered friends.

[@CrescentMoon_398]

Their are like our garbage cleaners.

[@thomashuffman3237]

+Fabian Abarca Yup. Plus, they help stop the spread of disease.

[@CrescentMoon_398]

Thomas Huffman yeah I knew that already XD

[@friendmaker]

great

[@dmc9021]

lol its head is wrapped with a froot roll up very cool lookin bird

[@Geekedpedagogy]

They are perfectly design for their roles here on earth 😘

[@miguelmolina6279]

I remember this video

[@Elidragonguy]

wow, thats really amazing :)

[@ahmednur1247]

جميل جدا هذا الطائر

[@luizguilhermemoreirasales1548]

Hello I Am Brasil Oh Beautiful Bird

[@michu070]

NATURES CREATION, they have existed thousands of years before us and nature will keep going after were all gone

[@RHINO66815]

me when somebody asks me whats the best song of Vultures by kanye west and ty dolla sign

[@anzdf]

Hermoso video.

[@mastermoody7654]

سبحان الله

[@robertghouston]

Who'd have thought a vulture could be so majestic? I thought they were merely nature's binmen. Guess not.

[@VultureOfficial]

Did you know Vultures Vomit on the attacker as a defense mechanism?

[@TheVampirella]

I'm not anywhere close to drunk enough to consider that bird beautiful. LOL

[@easy414]

cool bird

[@OonaCanute]

saullysaul: not even close. check out the andean condor and the wandering albatross, for example--close to 11 or 12 feet!

[@Saullysaul]

wow so the king vulture's wing span is small fry to these sky kings

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[@Imperialnews]

nice

[@ghidfg]

wow

[@thomHD]

The tone of US nature documentaries can be astonishingly stupid

[@monstertruckess]

I know plenty of people that can't get close to the beauty of THIS particular bird, just because they are this arrogant.

[@KrazyKeaz]

wow 1# birds.. very unique

[@trabbitt23]

I just got a project in science class and i have to make a paper mache model of it..... how the hell am i supposed to make the head?

[@TheVelociraptor15]

Can you upload a vid were these guys drive away turkey vultures and black vultures from carcasses?

[@Wishmongrel]

These guys look more hideous than normal vultures IMO.

[@ShadowriverUB]

Beautiful or not, surly fits there title ;]

[@amitd1986]

lol I thought that vulture was going to attack the cat

[@mkaralis5766]

Vulture is a specific bird (not vulturre only, but - in any way) in this, that it is a bird for a silence (rather then ther). A bird, who can to help if do You need a silent space. Even - if do you have the telepathic noises. Not accidental image of this bird is here..:) Open "reply"

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[@karamatkhan1332]

I love all 😍😍😍😍😍

[@crneroses]

what was the point in that obvious post?

[@Saullysaul]

5 foot wing span...is that the largest wing span?

[@MylotheZooLovingScientist]

Well, they're both horizontal. XD I believe you mean flipped or reversed? :D