The shoebill also known as whalehead, whale-headed stork, or shoe-billed stork, is a very large stork-like bird. It derives its name from its enormous shoe-shaped bill. It has a somewhat stork-like overall form.
Shoebill storks are very docile with humans.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature estimates that there are only between 3,300 and 5,300 adult shoebills left in the world, and the population is going down.
Shoebills are so badass that they eat crocodiles. Yep, here is an African bird that hunts snakes, monitor lizards and crocodiles.
ZooTampa is home to three of only four shoebill storks in the United States. The birds can reach 5 feet in height and are classified as vulnerable, with only 3,300 to 3,500 mature shoebills still living in the wild.
These birds are not always friendly to each other, and in fact, they may attack each other sometimes without much warning. When two birds in the same nest are still young, they are prone to beating each other up. One may even kill the other in some instances, and this is not all that uncommon among shoebills.
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