Gyps fulvus
            
               (L 37-48" WS 7.5-9.2 ft
               Wt 14-25 lb)
          
         
            
               Sierra de la Plata
               Bolinia
            
               10Sept2013
          
         
            
               Has lived 41.4 yrs in captivity.
          
         
            
               The worldâs earliest known musical instrument, a
               flute, was carved 40,000 years ago in Germany from
               the hollow wing bone of a Griffon Vulture.
            
                  (Thor Hanson)