| 22 Nov 2000 |  Stanton F. Fink | Did you know that king vultures have no sense of smell? | |
| 23 Nov 2000 |  Anon. | If I routinely stuck my head in the intestines of rotting corpses I'd have no sense of smell either  | |
| 5 Dec 2000 |  Stanton F. Fink | Actually, other vultures, like turkey vultures, have very keen senses of smell (for birds, anyways). The king vulture lacks a sense of smell because it does not locate its food by smell, like other vultures. Instead, it loctes its food by looking for a group of other (usually turkey) vultures that has clustered around a corpse. Because the king vulture has a very strong beak, it opens the corpse for the other vultures, who have been waiting for the king vulture to arrive to do this particular task... And that's why we call them, "king" vultures... Because they eat first. | |
| 16 Dec 2000 | Sam Walton | Quite interesting. | |
| 28 Jan 2001 |  Ryan S Morini | wow, king vultures are my favorite birds too! or, one of 'em, at least... they're so cool. although, yes, they have a much weaker sense of smell... but damnit, they're aesthetically pleasing, and isn't that enough? anyway, i like this. the customary King Vulture coloration adds a nice touch to the griffin's appearance. and the pose is rather cool, as well... i really like this. and moreso because it takes reference from a sadly neglected avian creature. | |
| 8 Mar 2001 | Maverick | King Vultures have an extremely developed sense of smell. This is how they differ from other vultures. Most vultures, especially Old World Vultures, use sight to locate food, but the King Vulture does not, it uses smell. Also, other vultures do not wait for the King Vulture, but they do move out of the way when it comes to eat. I am not trying to be a know it all, but I just wanted to inform you. Anyway, you drew a really great picture. Keep it up.
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| 1 Feb 2002 |  Joeieburns | Its really cool how others know so much about King vultures I havent a clue. This picture reminds me of The last Unicorn movie... | |
| 2 Apr 2002 | Kerri Williamson(DemonLlama) | Yay! 'Nother King Vulture Gryph! ^_^
Much better than mine.I envy you.Bah. Your so good it makes me so jealous...must steal talent! Hmmm been watching too much Space jam 0_o | |
| 3 Mar 2003 |  Katherine Delany | Neat colors, especially the red-yellow gradient. It's an interesting mix of stylized and natural look, and I especially like the curve of the tail. | |
| 19 Jan 2004 | Shane.Z | Looks cool...but, almost like a Toucan...oh well, I'd prefer this guy to be on my Froot Loops any day. | |
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