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The Cape Griffon vulture, the largest bird of its kind in Africa, is also one of the most endangered. Listed as "vulnerable" to extinction by the World Conservation Union (which is similar to "threatened" on the Endangered Species List) the Cape Griffon vulture has suffered a significant population decline over the past few decades.
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In the animal world, as in our own, looks aren't everything. In fact, some of the most aesthetically challenged creatures -- from warthogs and proboscis monkeys to bull elephant seals -- are also the most fascinating.
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Like other vultures, the Cape Griffon does not kill its prey, but rather feeds preferentially on the soft tissue and bone fragments of dead animals -- usually nothing smaller than an antelope -- that they find solely by sight.
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