My first real close-up of a Lappet-faced vulture (also called Nubian vulture), one of the biggest vultures and perhaps the most endangered one. Unfortunately, it is diminishing in almost every habitat. The "crew cut" head and the bare cheeks make it easier for the vulture to clean itself after eating off carcasses. The Lappet-faced vulture is happy with all kinds of food, everything from dead elephants to eggs from smaller birds. It seems that, in addition to being a carrion-eater, it also hunts its own prey, some as large as impala calves ...