apparently it is a zoroastrian custom to expose the dead to the elements and wild creatures, kind of a circle-of-life thing before disposing of the leftover bones and bits.
librataurus on September 19th, 2023 at 19:13 UTC »
“Vultures have such strong acids in their stomachs that they can kill anthrax, botulism, cholera, rabies, and many more dangerous diseases. When vultures clean a carcass that has died of a serious disease, the disease is destroyed within their digestive system.” They don’t get a lot of attention from people because they’re “ugly” or associated with death. I think they are so beautiful and intricately crucial to conservation. Amazing birds!!!!!!
InflamedLiver on September 19th, 2023 at 17:32 UTC »
apparently it is a zoroastrian custom to expose the dead to the elements and wild creatures, kind of a circle-of-life thing before disposing of the leftover bones and bits.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower\_of\_Silence
akaf3rrar1 on September 19th, 2023 at 19:06 UTC »
Same thing as a sky burial.
librataurus on September 19th, 2023 at 19:13 UTC »
“Vultures have such strong acids in their stomachs that they can kill anthrax, botulism, cholera, rabies, and many more dangerous diseases. When vultures clean a carcass that has died of a serious disease, the disease is destroyed within their digestive system.” They don’t get a lot of attention from people because they’re “ugly” or associated with death. I think they are so beautiful and intricately crucial to conservation. Amazing birds!!!!!!
here is a source: https://centerofthewest.org/2020/08/31/vultures-fallacies-and-truths/#:~:text=Vultures%20have%20such%20strong%20acids,destroyed%20within%20their%20digestive%20system.