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🦅 Did you know Andean Condors are one of the largest flying birds in the world and one of the world's longest-lived, with a lifespan of over 70 years in some cases? 🐣 These birds usually produce one egg every two years, which has a long incubation period. 🥚 Most Andean Condors don’t build a protective nest, instead they simply lay their egg on a bare, inaccessible cliff edge. 🚨 Despite being so awe-inspiring, these magnificent birds are vulnerable to becoming extinct in the near future, as t

Tagged with number nine on its wing, Urku, an endangered Andean condor, took flight in Peru over a year after it was rescued | Reuters

PATAGONIA: A PARADISE FOR THE ANDEAN CONDOR Chilean Patagonia is a paradise for the Andean condor, one of the largest flying birds in the world that plays a central role in the cosmology of cultures across the Andes. With sheer cliffs where the condors can nest and raise their chicks safe from predators, high peaks to fly over, rich biodiversity providing ample carrion, and thousands of square miles of crucial habitat protected as national parks, it is no surprise that Patagonia is home to 70% o