Bearded Vulture (Planet Zoo)

The Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) is a very large European vulture featured in the Standard Edition of Planet Zoo. They were added in the 1.9 Update with the Secretary Bird and Black-Backed Jackal.

General
Population in the Wild: 2,500-10,000 The bearded vulture is the only known vertebrate whose diet consists almost exclusively (70 to 90 percent) of bone. It lives and breeds on crags in high mountains in southern Europe, the Caucasus, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Tibet, laying one or two eggs in mid-winter that hatch at the beginning of spring.

Social
Bearded vultures live in groups of up to 25 birds.

Reproduction
The bearded vulture is the only known vertebrate whose diet consists almost exclusively (70 to 90 percent) of bone. It lives and breeds on crags in high mountains in southern Europe, the Caucasus, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Tibet, laying one or two eggs in mid-winter that hatch at the beginning of spring.

Food Tiers

 * Processed Meat
 * Whole Carcass
 * Bones

Food Stations

 * Food Tray
 * Water Bowl
 * Water Pipe

Food Enrichment

 * Frozen Blood Pumpkin
 * Piñata
 * Rotation Line Feeder

Toy Enrichment

 * Bubble Machine
 * Cardboard Box
 * Firehose Ball
 * Gift Box
 * Large Ball
 * Prey-Scented Sack
 * Rubbing Pad
 * Scratching Post
 * Scratching Tree Scots Pine
 * Scratching Tree Tamarind
 * Sprinkler

Compatible Animals

 * Black-Backed Jackal

Other

 * This was the first aviary bird revealed for Update 1.9.