Comments on: What rainforest animal cools off through urohydrosis?

By: rainforest

rainforest — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:35:04 +0000

Thanks for the comments, everyone. Kathleen, great question! I didn’t know the answer, so I asked one of our amazing research staff. Here’s what she says,

“I do not know off the top of my head of any wild mammals that follow Turkey Vultures. I do know that marine mammal researchers like myself do get clues from the birds. When I am out on the beach searching for a carcass I definitely look for the Turkey Vultures and gulls.”

So it looks like people are one mammal species that follow turkey vultures. Hope that helps!

By: Fred Beidatsch

Fred Beidatsch — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:44:25 +0000

Very interesting to learn about these things. Nice to have the various questions. Thanks and keep up the good work.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:24:01 +0000

Thanks for the info about this beautiful bird.

Do mammals with lesser senses of smell ever follow them to food sources?

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:51:22 +0000

I’ve never seen such cute pictures of a vulture! And thanks for the cooling tip — I may try that during our next heat wave.

By: irene

irene — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:44:21 +0000

Turkey vulture story was informative and very entertaining! I will view them with much more respect!