Endangered
species
Dozens of animal and plant species disappear daily . Cause , uncontrolled contraction of habitat , illegal hunting, pollution and climate change . Many of them have not even prevent them know . But any kind is lost , it takes him a bit of genetics and evolutionary history of hundreds of years , a valuable source of knowledge for man .
Representative species of the planet , as the giant everything had to be confined to half the size of that occupied a few decades ago . The Tigers lost in the twentieth century 90 % of the population ! The rhinos are threatened almost more than any other large mammal : a few dozen left anymore. Sea turtles face an uncertain future and African elephants are being decimated for their valuable ivory ...
According to the RED List of Threatened Species 2004 , which publicized scientists at the start of the global conference on the protection of biodiversity , 15,589 known species of animals and plants under serious threat of extinction , compared with 12,259 species included the corresponding list of 2003 . This increase is mainly due to human activities , leading many scientists to believe that life on Earth is entering a period of mass extinction of species .
THE
GYPES
The vultures are large birds that feed almost exclusively on carrion , medium or large sized mammals. C is the physical construction differs from the other prey captured alive their prey . Their legs are not strong nor particularly hooked claws . The head is a little - very bare or covered with a short pile , not to get dirty . The vultures, although feeding on carrion , care being too clean. And among them are natural differences in physical structure , that each species to fulfill a specific role . In Greece and Europe meet four species of vultures .
vulture
Length : 100-110 cm Open wings : 250-295 cm
Very large bird with dark plumage that from a distance looks black. Solitary lives in low-lying places, where it nests on large trees ( especially pines ) . It has very square wings and short , somewhat triangular tail . It is the strongest European vulture and he tears the first carrion , the vultures aside and Asproparides . He prefers the hard parts of the carcass that detaches easily possible beak.
Early March begets one egg, the hen both parents .
Because the places where the accept more or less human intervention , today is one of the most endangered birds of Greece . So less than 15 nesting pairs today in our country , which is the last population of the entire Southeast Europe.
fire Costas
vulture
Length : 95-105 cm Open wings : 240-280 cm
Very big. Easily distinguished when flying from the brown body and dark wings volatile . The long neck and head are covered with asprogkrizo fluff . It nests in colonies on cliffs and cutters . The birds leave late morning from their perches in search of carrion . It shows great taste in the intestines of dead animals and otherwise their soft parts . Only a few vultures can " clean up " a large carrion in a very short time . It lays a single egg in late winter . In our country , the Vulture is declining . The most healthy population of the species nests in Crete , while not rare in the mountains of Central and Northern Greece .
Vulture ( Bones )
Length : 100-115 cm Open wings : 266-282 cm
Yellowish head , orange body , blackish wings . Typical of bird are two tufts of long black hairs and are from both sides of the beak and look like a beard . It is the largest bird in Europe. It is more flexible than all the vultures and always circulates alone or in pairs . Nests on cliffs , but his food is searching in the hills with sparse vegetation . Is scavenger bird, but the main food of the bones that form the Swallow Whole and broken by throwing them from above . It lays in the winter 2 eggs . It is one of the rarest birds in Greece , although in our country 's largest nesting population than any other European country , Crete and more rare in Central and Northern Greece .
vulture
Length : 60-70 cm Open wings : 155-180 cm
The smallest vulture . The adults are white with black feathers on wings and therefore remotely resemble storks . Often eating garbage . Nests on cliffs . It is almost omnivorous . In mid- April begets 2-3 eggs , which the spinning both parents . The Vulture is a summer visitor in our country .
The vultures are large birds that feed almost exclusively on carrion , medium or large sized mammals. C is the physical construction differs from the other prey captured alive their prey . Their legs are not strong nor particularly hooked claws . The head is a little - very bare or covered with a short pile , not to get dirty . The vultures, although feeding on carrion , care being too clean. And among them are natural differences in physical structure , that each species to fulfill a specific role . In Greece and Europe meet four species of vultures .
vulture
Length : 100-110 cm Open wings : 250-295 cm
Very large bird with dark plumage that from a distance looks black. Solitary lives in low-lying places, where it nests on large trees ( especially pines ) . It has very square wings and short , somewhat triangular tail . It is the strongest European vulture and he tears the first carrion , the vultures aside and Asproparides . He prefers the hard parts of the carcass that detaches easily possible beak.
Early March begets one egg, the hen both parents .
Because the places where the accept more or less human intervention , today is one of the most endangered birds of Greece . So less than 15 nesting pairs today in our country , which is the last population of the entire Southeast Europe.
fire Costas
vulture
Length : 95-105 cm Open wings : 240-280 cm
Very big. Easily distinguished when flying from the brown body and dark wings volatile . The long neck and head are covered with asprogkrizo fluff . It nests in colonies on cliffs and cutters . The birds leave late morning from their perches in search of carrion . It shows great taste in the intestines of dead animals and otherwise their soft parts . Only a few vultures can " clean up " a large carrion in a very short time . It lays a single egg in late winter . In our country , the Vulture is declining . The most healthy population of the species nests in Crete , while not rare in the mountains of Central and Northern Greece .
Vulture ( Bones )
Length : 100-115 cm Open wings : 266-282 cm
Yellowish head , orange body , blackish wings . Typical of bird are two tufts of long black hairs and are from both sides of the beak and look like a beard . It is the largest bird in Europe. It is more flexible than all the vultures and always circulates alone or in pairs . Nests on cliffs , but his food is searching in the hills with sparse vegetation . Is scavenger bird, but the main food of the bones that form the Swallow Whole and broken by throwing them from above . It lays in the winter 2 eggs . It is one of the rarest birds in Greece , although in our country 's largest nesting population than any other European country , Crete and more rare in Central and Northern Greece .
vulture
Length : 60-70 cm Open wings : 155-180 cm
The smallest vulture . The adults are white with black feathers on wings and therefore remotely resemble storks . Often eating garbage . Nests on cliffs . It is almost omnivorous . In mid- April begets 2-3 eggs , which the spinning both parents . The Vulture is a summer visitor in our country .
PICTURES
OF GYPES
Konstantinos Poulios
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