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The unmistakable, prehistoric-looking Shoebill Stork - Balaeniceps rex; is one of the most impressive birds to be found in Africa. A mysterious inhabitant of impenetrable marshes, indeed the shoebill’s defiantly unusual appearance this bird has baffled taxonomists. The shoebills range is a broken distribution in tropical east Africa from Sudan and western Ethiopia to Zambia.
Reddit's home for Shoebill pics, gifs, videos and more.
The Shoebill Stork is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. There are an estimated 5,000-8,000 individuals left in the wild.
More information on the status of the Shoebill Stork can be found in the 2013 International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Shoebill (PDF)
Never Forget: Three different Shoebill gifs in the top 30 of /r/all at the same time: https://i.imgur.com/CJ4RSDI.png
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I’m sure it depends on the zoo/aquarium, but does anyone know where most of the captive shoebills come from?
Are they mostly bred in captivity or captured from the wild? I know that shoebill parenting is brutal so if they’re captive bred I’m also wondering how zoos might deal with that..
If from the wild, are they taken as babies / eggs / adults?
Photo from Ueno zoo! Not the best shot but oh well
I always have calendars from small creators, and this one came from a YouTube channel named Casual Geographic. I did not expect to see the shoebill on here
After we decided on going to Singapore, I looked up if there was a shoebill on display here after seeing so many amazing pictures and videos of it the past year or so. Online information was a bit scarce or old on whether there was or wasn’t one on display in Singapore.
Took a chance and came here today and I got so excited to see it on an information card with the flamingoes. I searched everywhere, in all the floor corners… then looked up and saw what I thought might’ve been a statue… but it was him 😍 I watched him for ages then explored the park some more. I came back to find him some 3 hours later and he was still chilling up there!
It’s made my entire holiday! Too bad there was no shoebill merch for sale there.
He'd seen me watching videos of Shoebills for months & got me the cutest plush for our 3 year anniversary. I love it! Yet to be named..any suggestions? 😁
The one thing I wanted from the machine I got! Was super stoked to get this