Vultures do have predators which include hawks, wild cats and even snakes.
Vultures are pretty friendly to humans and also harmless to humans.
Vultures are harmless, despite the chilling role they play in stories and myths.
The vulture dines mostly on dead animals and have no incentive to attack humans.
In fact, vultures are beneficial for people because they are extremely efficient at removing human and animal waste from our towns, villages and roads.
A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion.
There are 23 extant species of vulture.
Old World vultures include 16 living species native to Europe, Africa, and Asia; New World vultures are restricted to North and South America and consist of seven identified species, all belonging to the Cathartidae family.
In some regions, a vulture is a bird that symbolizes death and is seen as unclean.
A vulture flying is a sign of bad luck or even danger.
In Native American legends, the vulture meaning is a deceitful, aggressive character that bothers other birds.
Unlike the turkey vulture, black vultures are bolder and may prey on living animals from calves, lambs, piglets, and other small critters.
Black vultures are highly sociable with humans and they are very intelligent.
Many of the typical abatement techniques to scare off unwanted birds do not work with black vultures because they are smart enough to know that they will not be harmed by bright lights, noises, shining objects and so on.