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Vultur Gryphus

Here's one of my favorite vultures: the Andean Condor (vultur gryphus). These New World carrion-eaters nearly became extinct due to aggressive hunting. But they are making a dramatic comeback due to equally aggressive conservation and captive-breeding efforts.

They can have a wingspan of ten feet and live for fifty years. This particular bird looks to be a male, given the waddle and fine-looking flesh crest above his beak. The folds and ridges on his head make me wonder if there is any Klingon in his ancestry. I wouldn't put breeding with a carrion-eater past a Klingon.

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-- Edited by Dj_Rubbut at 12:59, 2008-08-09

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