SHOEBILLS MENTIONED! I have autism and got obsessed with those guys for like five years!
They do this thing where they clack their beaks and it sounds like an AK47 going off. They can also eat like every other animal. Two are born to each mother and the stronger sibling stomps the smaller one to death immediately for some reason and I guess the mom is like, “That’s my boy.”
They’re also extremely friendly to humans. They fucking bow to humans and you’re supposed to fucking bow back. If you’re a human they really like, they will pull off one of their feathers and GIVE THEM TO YOU!
The narrator is kinda bro-ey, but this video has hunting, flight, bowing, and other footage. The “collapsing” hunting technique is interesting. https://youtu.be/ukTUG2Okqi4
Both of my favs have popped up in media over the last half decade which ruined their obscure status, but:
Pangolin
Shoebill Stork
SHOEBILLS MENTIONED! I have autism and got obsessed with those guys for like five years!
They do this thing where they clack their beaks and it sounds like an AK47 going off. They can also eat like every other animal. Two are born to each mother and the stronger sibling stomps the smaller one to death immediately for some reason and I guess the mom is like, “That’s my boy.”
They’re also extremely friendly to humans. They fucking bow to humans and you’re supposed to fucking bow back. If you’re a human they really like, they will pull off one of their feathers and GIVE THEM TO YOU!
Shoebills were on an animal review podcast I listened to. They rated them poorly on aesthetics, the bastards.
The committee will hear of this.
The narrator is kinda bro-ey, but this video has hunting, flight, bowing, and other footage. The “collapsing” hunting technique is interesting. https://youtu.be/ukTUG2Okqi4
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
Ah fae creatures
A horror film with a shoebill as the antoganist would be incredible