Longmont residents sick of nasty, vomiting turkey vultures As they push city to act, USDA has offered relocation plan with price tag of $13K ...

Why it's awesome: These scavenger birds have an unexpected way of keeping predators away — by projectile vomiting stomach acid and semi-digested meat at their attackers. Turkey vultures live in ...

Turkey vultures live on carrion, something people don't have the stomachs for, literally. When stressed, vultures vomit, maybe because it lightens the load if they have to take off suddenly.

Turkey vultures are disgusting. A few of their more stomach-turning features are featherless heads to help them reach deep into carcasses, pooping onto their own legs and projectile vomiting onto ...

Turkey vultures are amazing animals, and, lets face it, pretty disgusting. They pee on their own legs. They frequently projectile-vomit. They feast on rotten meat teaming with pathogens. And if an ...

Turkey vultures also have some intriguing ways to fend off potential predators. In the first case, a situation that is too disgusting to contemplate, a threatened buzzard hurls its putrefied vomit ...

Turkey vultures are large birds, but their 6-foot wingspan belies their body weight of only 3 to 4 pounds. They can consume an astonishing amount of food — pounds of meat per day.

If you see a motionless turkey vulture in Marin County that appears to be dead, or nearly so, hold off on plans to schedule a memorial service. The bird may be in a poison-induced coma. Officials ...

Turkey vultures do not kill their food but rather eat leftover carrion. ... When a predator closes in, they will defend themselves with projectile vomiting as much as 10 feet away.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed a plan to disperse Longmont’s turkey vultures after claims of the birds spreading disease. In short, the plan is to make the birds as uncomfort… ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed a plan to disperse Longmont’s turkey vultures after claims of the birds spreading disease. In short, the plan is to make the birds as uncomfort… ...