[Penultima]

Available

Username: PrincessAlexis
Name: Muftaris (Arabic for "ravenous")
Gender: Male
Height: 20 in
Weight: 39 lbs
Color: Minimally Masked Lilac and Red Shaded Sable Brindle Stained Extreme White
Genotype: Ayaw bb Ccch dd Eme hh ii kbrkbr mm swsw+ tt UU Ll

Wishbone (Turkey Vulture)

Personality + picture comp! To try out for this collie, tell me what their personality is in ten words or less, and also share a cool picture of a vulture (any species)! Bonus points if you include a fun fact about vultures. Remember to keep all entry parts CS-friendly, and include any necessary photo credit!

Ends November 5th


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This collie is part of this year's Fall Festival! You may only win one of this year's Fall Festival collies, but may enter for as many as you'd like.

[Glowingsaltshaker]

Username: Glowingsaltshaker
Name: Tavis
Gender: male
Prompt: personality: calm-wary-intimidating-not easily intimidated-hard to impress-lanky
[Griffon Vulture!! My favorite species!]

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Fun fact! Six million years ago, the 70kg 22 wingspan vulture relative argentavis roamed the skies as the largest bird of flight in history!

[Rescue2001]

Username: rescue2001
Name: carrion ( turkey vultures are sometimes referred as Carrion crows in some countries, here is it's definition (figured I would link it instead of saying it just in case)
Gender: male
Prompt:
Observant, tedious, knowledgeable, keen, protective, quick thinking and sometimes rowdy


Bonus
Vultures are relatively silent as they lack a syrinx so they can only hiss, growl, and snarl
Thought that was actually pretty interesting

[voxtexy]

Username: envious.
Name: Desert Harbor's Bad to the Bone || Ossifrage
Gender: Female
Prompt: Aspire to inspire.


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A fun fact about the vulture shown above: The Bearded vulture is the only living bird species that specializes in feeding on bone marrow. Its old name ossifrage means "bone breaker" and relates to this habit.

[lore]

Username: werewolves.
Name: Barbatus
Gender: Male
Prompt: ..Are you gonna eat that?

unfortunately can't find the credit for the image, but i found it here
A fun fact, the bearded vulture is one of the rarest raptors in Europe. It also apparently has an asteroid named after it!

[AustrianAce]

Username: AustrianAce
Name: Geier | AAK's Soar in the Skies
Gender: Male
Prompt: In spite of everything, I still believe in people

Turkey Vulture: turkey vultures were incredibly common to see at my undergrad campus, to the point that many people considered them a nuisance (especially the administration). But I was always happy to see them gliding around in the skies, it was a calming sight to watch for me on my way to classes. They are federally protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918!

[PrincessAlexis]

Username: PrincessAlexis
Name: Muftaris (Arabic for "ravenous")
Gender: Male
Prompt: Personality: If it's dead, then I'm probably eating it.

vulture image || source

Okay, technically that was an image of a Blue Jay molting, but they do look a bit like vultures in that state, no? Here's the real vulture image. || source

The Nigerian Vulture is a comparatively handsome vulture which is currently endangered because they are being hunted, their heads and feathers used in religious rituals and they are also being consumed as a form of traditional medicine. This is because spiritually they are revered as a being which is capable of communicating with the dead and appeasing the gods, though it is believed that certain individual vultures are good while others are evil, and it's the 'evil' ones which are targeted by poachers.

[Julius525]

Username: Julius525
Name: Nekhbet
Gender: Female
Prompt: Kind but strict, soft but tough, she knows what she does.

Amazing Egyptian vulture picture by photographer Oriol Alamany

Fact: One of the few animals to use tools, Egyptian vultures use rocks to break open ostrich eggs.

[Penultima]

Username: PrincessAlexis
Name: Muftaris (Arabic for "ravenous")
Gender: Male
Prompt: Personality: If it's dead, then I'm probably eating it.

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Really interesting! Congrats!