King Vultures | National Geographic

[@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

[@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?

[@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

[@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

[@mirzamehedihasan4037]

Lol

[@mirzamehedihasan4037]

Lol

[@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.

[@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

[@roseannpanimdim7128]

My Favorite Bird is the King Volture

[@tacos394]

hurray for the King vulture!! Maya Mountains of Belize

[@commanderxp90]

King Vultures are SOO BEAUTIFUL.

[@peregrine00falcon]

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

[@CheapRobot]

nature never ceases to amaze

[@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 :)

[@sidensvans67]

Fabulous birds .

[@sukantdas9304]

I love king vulture

[@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.

[@andyblackcl0ud]

I love vultures, they're my favorite animals.

[@fabianabarca1160]

Such a beautiful creature.

[@XMusic93]

So beautiful locations, good video!

[@2boid]

BRING NITRUS RIGHT NOW 🔥🔥🔥

[@bananka4905]

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

[@PriestessAusetRaAmen]

Beautiful!!!

[@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

[@TroodonJesus156]

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

[@Shivam-br5bk]

Lol

[@mitchleonard3299]

For expanse vultures are very spooky and scary birds

[@abelmantor7557]

Beautiful creatures.

[@optombomber2980]

Awesome music 0:00 / 0:01

[@MirkotheGreat]

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

[@aceblade]

What a fantastic bird. :)

[@RHINO66815]

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

[@henryandryanscience6660]

They’re so important!

[@sinfuldebauchery]

Beautiful bird and a good song.

[@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.

[@Fishlova82]

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

[@rajasekharjangam4999]

Awesome video

[@mitchleonard3299]

Or even mostly colorful it just like a rainbow

[@chadsexinton]

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE LONGER VIDEOS.

[@SubparPanda]

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

[@eagleclaw006]

such gorgeous birds, i want one as a pet

[@tracylopez9529]

I agree it is inresting

[@firozemishra9485]

i think it is nice

[@MarcRodriguez1]

Beautiful compared to other vultures.

[@brandonneilsta.teresa3494]

Majestic.

[@niamtxiv]

beautiful birds.

[@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.

[@Elidragonguy]

wow, thats really amazing :)

[@Lizzarazo]

awesome creatues

[@MajidUrRehman]

vuture is a badass bird.

[@carboy101]

Wow what an Amazing bird.

[@saintvictorie]

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

[@aydenspuppetproductions2002]

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

[@VultureOfficial]

Beautiful Birds

[@oscardaone]

amazing!

[@bluevegerot6754]

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

[@hitterbrehm]

they are beautiful

[@naturezaeconservacao]

Fantástica ave!!

[@FunFilmFare]

Shiny Vulture!

[@nilmanigoswami8097]

Masters of the sky

[@Moejabi]

thats a handsome bird!!

[@kotk05]

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

[@mieldasma8326]

King vulture:(sees rainworld made a character named king vulture) GAH! WRETCHED HUMANS! THEY MAKE GAMES WITH A CHARACTER WITH THE SAME NAME OF ME SO THAT CHARACTER GETS MORE POPULAR!

[@Rmathis80]

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

[@lespaulsg335]

this bird is totatly cool!

[@karamatkhan1332]

I love all 😍😍😍😍😍

[@TerranRepublic]

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

[@anzdf]

Hermoso video.

[@calimanjar0]

love vultures

[@dylangeltzeiler946]

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

[@mitchleonard3299]

V is for vulture

[@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.

[@friendmaker]

great

[@thomHD]

The tone of US nature documentaries can be astonishingly stupid

[@DevilSlayer911]

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

[@rapid287]

How big is this??

[@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

[@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?

[@Imperialnews]

nice

[@justasarcasshole2038]

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

[@ishigum]

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

[@ahmednur1247]

جميل جدا هذا الطائر

[@mastermoody7654]

سبحان الله

[@luizguilhermemoreirasales1548]

Hello I Am Brasil Oh Beautiful Bird

[@Geekedpedagogy]

They are perfectly design for their roles here on earth 😘

[@easy414]

cool bird

[@robertghouston]

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

[@ShadowriverUB]

Beautiful or not, surly fits there title ;]

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[@crneroses]

what was the point in that obvious post?

[@MylotheZooLovingScientist]

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

[@Skyeleafe]

replace that king word with God Vulture

[@miguelmolina6279]

I remember this video

[@VultureOfficial]

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

[@Saullysaul]

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

[@amitd1986]

lol I thought that vulture was going to attack the cat

[@strongvine]

Vultures evolved from butterflies.

[@TheVampirella]

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

[@michu070]

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

[@OonaCanute]

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

[@dmc9021]

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

[@Saullysaul]

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

[@Wishmongrel]

These guys look more hideous than normal vultures IMO.