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These birds are HUGE standing at about the height if the average twelve year old! Marabou storks live in sub-Saharan Africa and are considered scavengers. They'll eat just about anything - there was even one observed to eat a butcher's knife before spitting it back up a few days later! Marabou storks are also known as 'Undertaker Birds' thanks to their dark appearance and their tendency to hang out around dead things, but they're just helping to keep the environment free of pathogens! • Scientific Name: Leptoptilos crumenifer • Range: sub-Saharan Africa • Size: 4 feet (120cm); 9 foot wingspan (2.7m) • Diet: carrion, small animals like rodents, frogs, fish, crocodile eggs, and more • Lifespan: 25 years • ✨ Animal Fact Files Patreon Supporters get early access to videos, get their video requests moved to the top of our request list, and more! ✨ • 👉 / animalfactfiles • You can learn more on: • Twitter - / animalfactfiles • Facebook - / animalfactfiles • --- • Image and Video Credits: • Pascal Vagner - • Marabout d'Afrique (Leptoptilos crume... • Tim Root - • Marabou Storks Toronto Zoo 21 Jun 18 • Dave Van Roy - • Some Vultures and Marabou Storks Devo... • Hoedspruit Endangered Species Center - • Feeding Time At The Vulture Restauran... • ssfrancis - • Vulture feeding frenzy • Nicolas Croizier - • La démarche angoissante du Marabout d... • • Christoph Strassler - https://www.flickr.com/photos/christo... • Tim Strater - https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuutje... • Brian Ralphs - https://www.flickr.com/photos/birdbri... • Chris Eason - https://www.flickr.com/photos/mister-... • carterse - https://www.flickr.com/photos/austral... • cuatrok77 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/cuatrok... • Lip Kee - https://www.flickr.com/photos/6456525... • • Abujoy - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • • https://www.mylionking.com/gallery/lk... • • Research Credits: • https://www.google.com/books/edition/... • https://www.google.com/books/edition/... • https://www.google.com/books/edition/... • https://www.google.com/books/edition/... • https://www.fws.gov/lab/idnotes/Marab... • https://ebird.org/species/marsto1 • http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/... • http://www.krugerpark.co.za/africa_ma... • http://www.torontozoo.com/animals/Mar... • https://chehaw.org/zoo/animal-profile... • https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/... • • These Storks May Not Be Pretty but Th... • • Undertaker Birds Defend Their Catch f... • • Birds of Uganda - the marabou stork • • Video • • The Marabou Stork or One Wicked Evil ... • • Mongooses vs. Giant Storks | National...

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