Shoebill facts as tall as a child Animal Fact Files

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Shoebills are some amazing birds. Not only can they stand as tall as the average eight year old human, they make clacking sounds with their beaks, eat fish whole, and poop on themselves! These birds look like a cross between a pelican and a stork and are even sometimes referred to as shoebill storks. Also, they have a serious case of sibling rivalry! • Scientific Name: Balaeniceps rex • Range: east central Africa • Size: up to 5 feet (1.5m) tall • Diet: fish like lungfish, rodents, snakes, turtles, birds, and young crocodiles • Lifespan: 30+ 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: • Crazy Inari - • ハシビロコウの飛行　★　flying Shoebill • Tokyo Zoological - • Shoebill [Whale-headed Stork]【Ueno zo... • linyanti - • Schuhschnabel /Shoebill • Richard Saasi - • Shoebill Storck • • Bob Owen - https://www.flickr.com/photos/8243208... • Maciej - https://www.flickr.com/photos/phaselo... • Hajime Nagahata - https://www.flickr.com/photos/yakinik... • Michael Gwyther-Jones - https://www.flickr.com/photos/1258766... • Koji Ishii - https://www.flickr.com/photos/koji110... • Jocelyn Saurini - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jnissa/... • • Wilhelm Klave - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Khomelka - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Nesnad - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sh... • Les Nuits Photographiques - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • • The Dinoaurs clip is from the Walkiwood film Who Killed Captain Alex • • Research Credits: • https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRp... • https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRp... • https://dwazoo.com/animal/shoebill-stork • https://shoebillbird.org/shoebill • http://www.edgeofexistence.org/specie... • https://www.britannica.com/animal/sho... • http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/... • https://www.timeout.com/singapore/new... • http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/20938650 • https://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/ne... • https://books.google.com/books?id=8QR... • https://books.google.com/books?id=1_U... • https://www.audubon.org/news/the-shoe... • http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Shoe... • http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/a... • https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/a... • https://www.disabled-world.com/calcul... • https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/... • https://www.hbw.com/species/shoebill-...

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