God has sprinkled vultures all over the world. You can find them on every continent except for Australia and Antarctica. Do you have all the facts on these strange but useful creatures? Here are a few you might not know:

• Vultures love to party. Not all humans like vultures, because they remind them of death. But vultures love other vultures! These birds don’t usually hang out alone. They eat, fly, and roost in big groups.

• Vultures have wimpy legs and feet. That might make you wonder: How do parent birds carry food home to their young? They actually carry the food in their stomachs. Then when they get home, they regurgitate food to feed vulture junior. Yuck!

• Vultures clean up their plates. Vultures just might be the least picky eaters in the world! Whenever possible, they eat dead animals instead of hunting for fresh ones. They strip off the animals’ skin, meat, and even feathers. Only the skeletons are left.

• Vultures don’t like healthy animals. Worried about your cows out in the field? No need! Vultures don’t want to eat healthy animals. They only prey on dying or dead ones.

• Vultures don’t talk much. Many kinds of vultures don’t have a syrinx, which is the organ that lets birds make sounds in different tones. These vultures don’t sing, though they sometimes grunt and hiss.

• Vultures have many enemies. Not just poachers threaten vultures. Many vultures die after eating lead bullets left in dead animals. Others are hit by cars because they’re too full of food to fly away. Others get electrocuted by flying on wide wings between power lines.

• Vultures can see you a mile away. Actually, they can see you four miles away. But don’t worry—it’s not you they’re looking for. They’re looking for a dead animal. Once a vulture sees one, it begins to circle above it in the sky. This sends a signal to other vultures: “Dinner time!”