Vultures are very important animals because they are like garbage disposals. They eat stinking, rotten meat that can spread all kinds of diseases. God gave the vulture a very tough digestive tract. Doctors are studying why vultures are so resistant to bacteria, viruses and diseases. If they can figure out why vultures stay healthy, they can help people to overcome sickness.
Vultures are very interesting animals.
They can swallow a bone as big as a baseball bat. Sometimes the bone is so long that it sticks out of their mouths after they swallow it. The vulture then has to wait until its powerful digestive fluids can process the bone. Some vultures even eat animal and human wastes. Vultures have large, powerful wings that they use to soar through the sky.