Thats going to be great! I was super impressed by their size and how cool they look in real life. It was my first time seeing vultures up close in nature and they are now my favourite birds because of this experience :)
Spain is one of a few european countries with a vulture population that is not declining. They have 5 species of Vultures, which (now again) breed in their natural habitat. Read more about vulture conversation: https://rewildingeurope.com/rewilding-in-action/wildlife-comeback/vultures/
Also a pretty beautiful species! What did you do with these animals? I read that there ist not much known about their behaviour and generel life.
Yes! It was pretty good weather and they all came out to sunbathe in the morning. We actually only found them on the way up because the hike is pretty steep and you have to go slow. On the way down we did not see snakes, but it was also getting dark.
During hiking to the Refugio Respomuso we found 7 of these venomous snakes directly on trail.
More pictures in the comments
Fairly new to lemmy, but i want to start sharing some good pictures from previous adventures.
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Wow! They look so cool.
Really cool! Did you do some more sequencing? And was the phylogenetic group what you expected or did the sequencing form new relationships?
Yes! They always left when we were coming close. We were there with a whole student group and had the full equipment to capture venomous snakes (gloves, fishing nets, terrarium). That was the only way to get some good close up pictures. If i had not been on a guided tour for biology students, i would have never found a snake, so dont worry about them! ☺️