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Bearded Vulture / Lammergeier - with carcass bone in beak

CAN-2963
Bearded Vulture / Lammergeier - with carcass bone in beak
Spain
Gypaetus barbatus
10 foot maximum wing-span. Only bone-eating specialist bird in the world - Found in Spain, France, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Africa. Rare and declining in many areas. Recently reintroduced in the Alps. Adults feed on the bones of carcusses which they will often drop on flat rocks from the air to break them into smaller more easily swallowed pieces. Primarily high mountain dwellers, nests in caves and remote rocky cliffs and often engage in polyandry. Reddish color of adults comes from bathing in iron-rich springs and may confer status.
John Cancalosi
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FG-DH-289

FG-DH-289
Dinosaurs - paleontologist Lynett Gillette examines bones of the dinosaur Coelophysis
Coelophysis bauri
Coelophysis was a small carnivorous dinosaur of the Late Triassic (Chinle Formation). A Coelophysis mass mortality site was discovered at Ghost Ranch, near Abiquiu, New Mexico in 1947. The centerpiece of the Ghost Ranch Museum is an 8-ton bloc of matrix transported from the quarry. On this photo, paleontologist Lynett Gillette examines bones of Coelophysis that have been carefully exposed at the top of the block.
Model released
Francois Gohier

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KEL-1153 Fruit Bat / Flying Fox Skeleton

KEL-1153
Fruit Bat / Flying Fox Skeleton
Tropical Forest of Ceylon
Pteropus edwardsii
Ken Lucas
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© Ken Lucas / ardea.com

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