EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -With an average wingspan of about 3 meters (9 feet), the California condor, a type of vulture, is the largest North American bird. Native American tribes named this scavenger the thunderbird, because they believed the huge wings have the power to produce thunder.

Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of scavenger animals include: Vulture: a type of bird that eats decaying flesh. Carrion beetle: the term for one of many beetles that can eat flesh or even bat droppings. Blowflies: insects that munch on dead parts of live animals, like the dead flesh around their wounds.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lions, hyenas, foxes, raccoons, bears, and wolves are all facultative scavengers. Birds such as condors also fall into this classification. While facultative scavenger animals are mainly carnivores, a small part of their diet may include plant life such as berries.

Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of scavengers are: Raccoon, Golden jackal, Leopard, African lion etc.

Detailed explanation-5: -Scavengers eat dead plants and animals. Some examples of scavengers are the hyena, vulture, and termite.