Condor of the Andes

The condor of the Andes ( Vultur gryphus ) is a Oiseau Charognard which lives in the the Andes. It is the bird which has the greatest scale.

Morphology

Intermediate size of the condor of the Andes east of 105 cm, for a mass of 11 (male) to 13 kg (female). Its scale can reach 3,50 meters. The condor can live 90 years. It reaches its sexual maturity towards 6-7 years, and the female lays only one egg every two years. By exploiting the ascending current , it reaches sometimes the 6000 meters of altitude.

According to the popular belief, its broad wings and its strong greenhouses enable him to fly away with a prey of a significant weight. It is said that it even succeeds in taking its take-off with young children, or small animals of firm (like Mouton S and Chèvre S). The condors are sociable, and live in group, under the control of a Mâle dominating, the APU, which gives the signal of the quarry. The condor inspires the respect of the people of South America and nourishes many legends.

Food

Actually, it is a vulture nourishing corpses, of Phoque S and of died Poisson S, eggs of Oiseau X of sea, etc Indeed, its posterior Orteil is located to much too high be able to be closed again, which prevents it from attacking, to maintain on the ground or even to shred a possible prey. Like the majority of the birds vultures, it does not carry a feather on the head, not to dirty itself. On average, it nourishes meat 900g per day.

Drive out

The Chasse with the condor is a tradition in the the Andes. The technique of hunting is original: one brings a Vache, a ass or a Cheval in Altitude, and one cuts down it in a rather deep and sloping geological basin. After several days of guet, the condor is attracted by the Carcasse, and approaches. It is posed at the bottom of the basin for its meal. The hunters leave it gaver to weigh down it, then leave their position of guet while shouting and running towards the bottom of the basin. When the hunters are rather close, they throw a net on the condor and carry it like trophy.

This technique exploits the fact that the condor uses a flight planed rather than a beaten flight. When it is at the bottom of the basin, it must make enormous efforts to succeed in taking off and going up more extremely than the slope of the basin which surrounds it. It is obliged to be posed several times, which leaves with the hunters time to approach.

The avenger of the INCA S

Each year, to the Peru, the condor, bird-king of the Cordillière of the Andes, delivers against the bull a ritual combat. The bull, which incarnates the Spaniard, always has the lower part, because the festival of the Yawar symbolizes the revenge of the Indians on the Conquistador are.

External bonds

the site of Marie Christine Dehayes

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