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	Vulture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vultures are scavenging birds, feeding mostly on the carcasses of dead animals.
		The vulture was thought to be close to the gods who resided in the sky because of its immense size and its ability to soar high up in the sky.
		The Egyptians considered the vulture to be an excellent mother, and its wide wingspan was seen as all-encompassing and providing a protective cover to its infants.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vulture (733 words)

	Egyptian Vulture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Egyptian Vultures are scavangers, mainly feeding off carrion, but they also prey on small mammals and eggs.
		The adult Egyptian Vulture usually measures 85 cm from the point of the beak to the extremity of the tail and 1.7m between the tips of the wings.
		Egyptian Vultures are quite widely distributed and can be found in India, south west Asia, the Iberian Peninsula, and central and north Africa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Egyptian_Vulture (565 words)

	vultures - african scavengers
		Vultures are as much a part of the African wilderness as giraffe or zebra, and it is always a thrill to see them soaring in the sky above, or jostling with one another at a carcass.
		When vultures are feeding together at a carcass, co-operation is perhaps the last word that might come to mind, as they hiss and stomp on each other to try a get a mouthful of flesh, but closer examination raises this interesting prospect.
		It is on the Mara River that many wildebeest drown in their attempt to cross, that vultures often gather in great numbers, and a similar scenario can be viewed earlier in the year from the Grumeti River Camp in Tanzania on the fringe of the Grumeti River in the Serengeti.
	www.wildwatch.com /resources/birds/vultures.asp (1754 words)

	vulture - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Vulture, common name for two groups of carrion-eating birds.
		The American vultures are superficially similar to large birds of prey, but are...
		buzzard, condor, crow, jackdaw, lammergeier, magpie, marabou, raven, rook, vulture
	ca.encarta.msn.com /vulture.html (108 words)

	Vulture - MSN Encarta
		The American vultures are superficially similar to large birds of prey, but are probably more closely related to storks, with which they share some anatomical and behavioral features.
		The American vultures also differ from the Eurasian group in that they have longitudinal, perforated nostrils without a partition and lack a voice, due to the absence of a syrinx.
		The Andean condor is classified as Vultur gryphus, the turkey vulture as Cathartes aura, the American fl vulture as Coragyps atratus, and the California condor as Gymnogyps californianus.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761564564/Vulture.html (372 words)

	Death Mask of King Tutankhamun
		The emblems on the forehead (vulture and cobra) and on the shoulders (falcon heads) were symbols of the Two Lands of Upper and Lower Egypt and of divine authority.
		The ancient Egyptians worshipped the cobra and used it as a symbol on the crown of the pharaohs.
		Note the vulture Nebket that spans the chest of the mummy with its wings.
	www.homestead.com /wysinger/kingtutankhamun5.html (297 words)

	Egyptian Goddess Nekhbet (Nekbet), the Vutlure-Headed Goddess -Egyptian Goddess Jewelry - Egyptian Goddess Gifts - ...
		The vulture was the symbol of upper (southern) Egypt, and was ruled by Nekhbet, the vulture-headed goddess.
		The vulture was the symbol of goddess Nekhbet, guardian of upper (southern) Egypt.
		The vulture was the symbol of the goddess Nekhbet, and also symbolized upper (southern) Egypt, because vultures were ever-present in the vast desert wastelands of the south.
	www.mandarava.com /Retail/egyptian_nekhbet_gifts.htm (231 words)

	Egyptian
		The Egyptian Vulture is the smallest of all the European Vultures.
		This species of vulture is a very adaptable, inhabiting various habitat types, and slowly estblishing territories closer and closer to humans.
		Among the natural habitats favored by the Egyptian vulture are plains, wetlands, uplands, and mountains.
	www.vultures.homestead.com /Egyptian.html (529 words)

	Vulture Bird in directory.co.uk
		The vulture is considered andquot;uncleanandquot; in many cultures for its habit of feeding on...
		Accipiitridae Vulture is the name given to a group of 15 species of birds...
		Vulture Rescue is a collaboration between a large number of regional and international...
	www.directory.co.uk /Vulture_Bird.htm (240 words)

	Bearded Vulture - Birds ProvenceBeyond
		The bearded vulture is distinguishable in flight by its wings, which are thinner and more pointed, and by its tail, which is long and narrow, and tapers to a point at the end.
		The baby birds were carried up the mountain sides in wooden cases, each strapped to the back of a man. Their journey here, which began in Austria and the Haute-Savoie of France, was completely by car, because the lowered pressure of airplanes would irreversibly damage the baby birds' nervous system.
		The vultures were installed in a grotto prepared for them in 1993.
	www.beyond.fr /birds/vulturebea.html (181 words)

	Refining our vulture culture
		The highest-flying bird on record is a species of vulture called the Rüppell's Griffon, once spotted at an altitude of 11,700 metres in the skies of West Africa during the 1960s.
		The king vulture, of which the Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus is the dominant southern African representative, is a massive beast with a very powerful beak that aids the bird in opening up the carcasses of fallen animals.
		Vultures arrive from far and wide to compete for a carcass, and this usually goes hand in hand with serious disputes about the spoils.
	www.scienceinafrica.co.za /2004/april/vulture.htm (1588 words)

	Egyptian Vulture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs
		I don't need to be anonymous, scared or ignorant of the "FACT" that Budge did not translate this wonderful papyrus for the general public to be eaten "WHOLE"; he is no different than Falkner and others who spent their personal time to...
		Egyptian Treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
	www.freeglossary.com /Egyptian_Vulture (484 words)

	Makara's List of Egyptian Goddesses
		Egyptian vulture goddess and chief goddess of Thebes.
		She was depicted in the form of a vulture or in a human form with a vulture headdress and the combined crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt.
		An Egyptian goddess whose primary role was that of a guardian of Egypt's southern (Nubian) frontier and killing the enemies of the Pharaoh with her arrows.
	www.angelfire.com /me3/egyptgoddess/Goddess.html (2915 words)

	Nephthys - Egyptian Mythology - Egyptian Vulture Goddess
		In Egyptian mythology, Nephthys (spelt Nebet-het, and Nebt-het, in transliteration from hieroglyphs) is one of the Ennead of Heliopolis, a daughter of Nuit and Geb, and the wife of Set.
		As she was also seen as a bird, she gradually became seen as a vulture, which the egyptians believed never had children due to being believed to all be female (they thought vultures were spontaneously created from air).
		Although vultures were seen in a positive light, their feeding behaviour nevertheless lead them to be associated also with decay and death, and so Nephthys too gradually became a goddess of death and decay.
	egyptiandreams.co.uk /nephthys.php?osCsid=676f18b6c48c85b9afb88c438e... (764 words)

	Egypt: Nekhbet, Goddess of Upper Egypt, Childbirth and Protector of Pharaoh
		Nekhbet (Nekhebet, Nechbet) was the predynastic vulture goddess who was originally a goddess of a city, but grew to become patron of Upper Egypt, a guardian of mothers and children, and one of the nebty (the 'two ladies') of the pharaoh.
		Due to her vulture form, she was linked to the goddess Mut, the mother goddess and wife of Amen.
		She was worshiped as a goddess as well as being the personification of the south, the vulture goddess who was one half of a manifestation of the idea of duality that was a basis of ma'at for as long as the pharaohs ruled Egypt.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/nekhbet.htm (1160 words)

	Egyptian Vulture - Birds ProvenceBeyond
		This is a relatively small fl-and-white vulture with a bright yellow face, and a beak much thinner than other vultures.
		It soars with straight wings, typical of vultures, and has a wedge-shaped tail.
		Habitat: The Egyptian Vulture nests on rock ledges, and hunts in open country, in lowlands and mountains.
	www.beyond.fr /birds/vultureegy.html (84 words)

	The Goddesses Of Ancient Egypt
		All Egyptian women worshiped her, from the queen to the lowliest woman of the land, and she was the protectress of pregnant women.
		Nekhebet was usually represented in Egyptian art as a vulture or a woman with the head of a vulture, but sometimes she was depicted as a woman wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt (southern Egypt).
		She was the uraeus (cobra-shaped symbol of sovereignty) that appeared on the headdresses of the Egyptian pharaohs.
	www.shira.net /egypt-goddess.htm (2700 words)

	Hawk Mountain old world vultures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Vultures in the region appear to be a grave risk, from an apparently contagious and catastrophic disease that nearly has eliminated populations of long-billed and Indian white-backed vultures in the Indian subcontinent.
		Old World vultures in particular are facing a number of challenges to their existence.
		In all aspects of their life history, including foraging and feeding, bearded vultures are less gregarious than the other vultures in Georgia, and when bearded, griffon and cinereous vultures are found at the same carcass, the bearded vulture is dominated by the others.
	www.hawkmountain.org /raptor_conservation/old_world_vultures.htm (965 words)

	BBC - Nature Wildfacts - Egyptian vulture
		The Egyptian vulture is an unmistakable creamy white or buff vulture with a distinctive wedge-shaped white tail and fl flight feathers, a bare yellow face and a slender bill.
		The Egyptian vulture is relatively small, which helps it get to carcasses and carrion before other larger vultures.
		Egyptian vultures like to roost in caves in cliffs if available and can be numerous there.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/3103.shtml (279 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: American Black Vulture
		The latter species is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae (which includes eagles, hawks, kites and harriers), whereas the American species is a New World vulture in the family Cathartidae.
		Species Vultur gryphus Gymnogyps californianus Note that Condor is the NATO reporting name for the Russian/Soviet Antonov An-124 transport aircraft.
		The Andean condor is classified as Vultur gryphus, the turkey vulture as Cathartes aura, the American fl vulture as Coragyps atratus, and the California condor as Gymnogyps californianus.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/American-Black-Vulture (1155 words)

	Vulture Alert-2
		The residents are the White-backed Vulture, Long-billed Vulture, Egyptian Vulture and King Vulture.
		The intense competition from other vulture species for food was also reduced due to the population crash but no increase in population of the species was observed.
		The population of Egyptian Vulture has also showed a decline although there is very limited data on their population.
	home.att.net /~spiderhunters/attachments/Vulture-update2.htm (2431 words)

	White-backed Vulture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae which also includes eagles kites buzzards and hawks.
		Like other vultures it is a scavenger feeding mostly carcasses of dead animals which it finds by soaring over and around human habitation.
		The White-backed Vulture is a typical vulture a bald head very broad wings and tail.
	www.freeglossary.com /White-backed_Vulture (349 words)

	BBC News \| SCI/TECH \| Beauty secrets of dung-eating bird
		But it seems that for the rare Egyptian vulture, this is an essential part of the daily beauty regime.
		But Egyptian vultures consume them in excess to keep their faces bright.
		The vulture's eating habits are revealed in the scientific journal Nature.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/1946291.stm (391 words)

	Egypt: Headdresses of the Ancient Egyptian Deities
		She wore the vulture crown because of the link between her name and the name for mother in Egyptian - they were both mwt, and the vulture was the hieroglyph for mw.
		Nekhbet was depicted as a woman wearing the crown of Upper Egypt or the vulture headdress, a woman with the head of a vulture.
		She was shown to wear the vulture crown because she was believed to be the mother - the Egyptian word used the hieroglyph of the vulture - of the pharaoh.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/headdress.htm (2608 words)

	Vulture Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		Vultures are large, short-tailed, solitary birds of prey.
		Vultures are divided into two groups: Old World vultures (family Accipitridae, 15 species) and New World (American) vultures (the voiceless, hissing family Cathartidae, 6 species, including the California Condor and the Turkey Vulture).
		The Ruppell's vulture is the highest flying bird; one hit a jet at an altitude of 37,000 feet (11,278 m) in 1973.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/birds/printouts/Vultureprintout.shtml (400 words)

	Egyptian Vulture Statues - Vulture Jewelry - Vulture Pen Holders - Vulture Votives
		The vulture is the symbol of Nekhbet, one of the two guardian goddess of the pharaoh of of Egypt.
		For the Egyptians, the vulture was a sacred and royal symbol of Upper Egypt (Southern Egypt) and the source of the life-giving Nile River.
		In addition, its symbol represented the first sound of the Egyptian hieroglyphic alphabet, and the goddess Nekhbet was often depicted as a vulture.
	www.mandarava.com /Retail/egyptian_vultures.htm (251 words)

	VULTURES and CONDORS
		The Egyptian Vulture has developed the ability to use an instrument and has become famed for its ability to open ostrich eggs using stones as missiles.
		Debate exists over whether or not the Egyptian Vulture is performing an instinctive or a learned behaviour, but it seems that they will attempt to break open any egg-shaped object irrespective of what it is made of.
		It is also possible that in years when ostrich breeding is down, many young vultures simply never learn the behaviour as they do not see it demonstrated.
	www.lairweb.org.nz /vulture/egyptian.html (660 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		The New World vultures, family Cathartidae, are superficially similar to large birds of prey, but are probably more closely related to storks, with which they share some anatomical and behavioral features.
		The American vultures also differ from the Old World group in that they have longitudinal, perforated nostrils without a partition and lack a voice, due to the absence of a syrinx.
		Within the mixed-species flocks seen at lion kills in Africa, there is a definite hierarchy, with smaller species, such as the Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus, having to wait until the more powerful species, such as Rüpell’s griffon, Gyps ruepellii, are finished.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/animals/vulture.html (290 words)

	Egyptian Mythology - Dig In - Chamber of Secrets
		Vultures are scavengers and more often than not, feed off of the carcasses of dead animals.
		The vulture when carrying out its role as a mother and giving protection to its infants may exhibit a forceful nature while defending her young.
		The Egyptians believed that he was the guardian of the source of the Nile who was originally a Nile god, but who became a helper of Hapi.
	www.cosforums.com /showthread.php?t=20899 (7715 words)

	Egyptian Vulture (nertos)
		Due to their small size, Egyptian vultures normally have to be content with the leftovers from a carcass.
		Unless a truce was made to bury the dead, the corpses of fallen soldiers often became food for dogs and vultures (Homer, passim).
		Because of their contact with carrion, vultures were known for their bad smell.
	www.willamette.edu /cla/classics/Aristophanes/EgyptianVulture.html (245 words)

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