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OCR: OLFACTION Smell is unimportant to most raptors New World Vultures are an exception Some show high degrees of olfactory deve elopment Since their food source has ar odor a well-developed sense of smell has obvious value to these scavenging birds Vultures also avoid eating carrion is too decomposed Smelling carrion may help them to distinguish between edible and non- -edible food Turkey, King ana Yellow- headed Vultures use Scent to locate pddd sources These are species which search for food ir densely papoom regions where carcass could not be seen from the air Autopsy information has shown that the Turkey Vulture has an olfactory lobe times larger than the American Black Vulture The American Black Vulture like the condors, doesn't search forested areas for food contents ontions quit bookmar ...