HELP ASAP!! All the New World vultures and some of the Old World vultures have bald heads. Most vultures can go for long periods without food, an adaptation to a feast-or-famine
scavenging lifestyle. In some species the beak is exceptionally strong and heavy for tearing hide, muscle, and even bone. Eyesight in all vultures is well developed, as
is the sense of smell in the turkey vulture. Old World vultures have relatively strong feet, but New World vultures have flat, weak feet that are poorly adapted for
grasping
Most vultures consume carrion, garbage, and even excrement, but rarely do they descend upon live animals. A few occasionally take helpless prey such as lambs and
tortoises or, in the case of Andean condors, newborn calves. Vultures may remain aloft for hours, soaring gracefully on long, broad wings. When one bird descends to a
dead or dying animal, others may be attracted from miles away. When feeding, vultures maintain a strict social order based on body size and strength of beak. Smaller
vultures must wait for the scraps left behind by the larger, dominant species. Even large vultures, however, give way to nearly all mammalian competitors, including
jackals, hyenas, and coyotes
Old World vultures build large stick platform nests in trees or on cliffs, sometimes in large colonies. Most of the larger Old World vultures lay only a single egg. New
World vultures do not build nests but lay their eggs in natural cavities in cliffs or trees. The smaller New World vultures lay two eggs and incubate them for just over a
month. The largest species lay only a single egg that may take nearly two months to hatch. The young mature more slowly than those of typical birds of prey.
In two to three complete sentences, explain how vultures are well-adapted for their environments. Use details and information from the text to support your answer