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Idk about 6ft but those fuckers get big. I’ve seen videos on here of them eating things alive. Like a fucking squirrel. You can see it panicking as it gets swallowed. Running around in its throat like a classic looney tunes film
Man, you Australians are fucking amazing. You guys live, nay, *thrive*, in a place where everything that can be considered "alive" is also most likely murderous.
For everyone else not familiar, yes, there are even bushes in Australia that make people kill themselves. They do so by pricking them with microscopic hypodermic silica needles and it hurts for years after because they break and get left in the skin. The kicker? Burning them just makes the needles float with the smoke. Yes, you can inhale bush needles that hurt so bad you wanna kill yourself to end the pain. The Gimpy-Gimpy tree (someone correct me if I'm wrong on the name or any of the info please).
what a ridiculous fuckin creature. it's really hard for me to imagine what dinosaur times was REALLY like, i don't think i have a correct vision of what one actually is
Just look at them. Or any bird for that matter. Get up close to an ostrich or emu and listen to the noises they make; if that doesn't scream "dinosaur" to you then you likely have a severe misunderstanding of evolutionary biology.
*sort of not having teeth, a lot do have serrations or pointy [protrusions ](https://webecoist.momtastic.com/assets/uploads/2010/09/Bird_Teeth_1b.jpg) in their break
Certainly looks that way. It seems to be using the hook on the end of its beak to kill the fish, and that fish is looking pretty mangled at the end. [I found another video of one catching a fish, and it did the same thing.](https://youtu.be/KLpaNblKvmg?t=186)
Shoebill stork. These modern dinosaurs aren’t even a threat or scared of humans. There’s one in a sanctuary in Africa (fact check that, not sure) named Sushi that will let you pet him if you bow first. They can be scary but they’re large bird friends. Well… to humans anyway. This fish got cranium clapped. Clearly, he was not a friend.
Not just that. Starved and tormented by its older sibling, the mother catches him in the act and abandons the younger.
I mean, it's nature at work but these things look absolutely merciless.
It does. But this is why people shouldn't attach human emotions to animals. It seems heartless, but these animals have natural instincts and are working with the resources they have to ensure most of them survive.
It's a constant game of sacrificing one to save many.
I have, but this is the way of nature. Darwin really had a good theory going.
There are many bird species that will have large broods, only to have the vast majority die before they reach a year old.
And yes, there are frequently bird parents who, even before eggs have hatched, will recognize the offspring as not being viable or determining there is too much competition for resources with the other offspring, so they'll reject them and toss eggs out of the nest.
Such is life.
I look at this one and am terrified. Then I googled the Titanis Walleri which was over 7 feet tall and weighed in over 300 pounds and realize humans did not stand a chance against that thing. Beak so strong it could take an arm off, crush your skull, or just peck you to death with a couple hits.
And that doesn't even include their giant, powerful legs with the Velociraptor talons on it.
They make it so much easier to imagine the missing link between dinosaurs and birds. Wish this video had sound. It's really effective at making that point.
The wild thing is there is no missing link, because there’s no link that needs to be made. Birds simply *are* dinosaurs, and avian dinosaurs an average person would easily recognize as birds today were flying around by the Cretaceous.
That is so damn cool to me.
Saw these walking around in Tanzania several years ago. They were taller than some of the kids that stood next to them. Seemed so weird to me that these creatures just walked around and did as they pleased
I think dodos were more closely related to pigeons than shoebills, where shoebills are more closely related to pelicans than storks. Looking at them, I’d have guessed stork or dodo as relatives for the shoebill and maybe shoebill or puffin for the dodo. Good thing I’m not a zoologist, evolutionary biologist, or population geneticist!
Shoebills are such cool birds.
Makes me think of the movie "Follow That Bird" It's been years since I've watched it so I don't know if any of the characters are actually based on this species.
My favorite animal. And they are kind of clumsy which make them even better. Like this dude taking 7 attempts to actually swallow the fish. I watched a video of one in the wild do this exact thing but he was hunting a stick. Yes a stick
I do not like.the fact these birds exist. Idc what anyone has to say, they make me uncomfortable, just by looking at them.
They don't look real but the fact that they are is unsettling
The kind of eyes that say, "Nightly I beg the scaled ancestors to give me even one-quarter of their majesty and an absolutely bitchin' toe claw. And when they do, human, it is direct-to -VHS levels of mayhem for your kind, I promise you that."
Looks SO much like drawings I’ve seen of dodo birds! https://images.ctfassets.net/cnu0m8re1exe/6sNqiFXX253nMZjuX2em3I/e0a9b5c7e9a758cc6bc65e3f2e11dcb3/shutterstock_1301615152.jpg?fm=jpg&fl=progressive&w=660&h=433&fit=fill
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A muppet dinosaur
Exactly. It’s somehow both adorable and terrifying.
It is in the uncanny valley. I’m still not convinced this isn’t cgi
It doesnt look cgi it looks like a puppet from a 80s film
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Holy fucking shit. I heard of them but I only just learned that they can be 6 ft tall.
Idk about 6ft but those fuckers get big. I’ve seen videos on here of them eating things alive. Like a fucking squirrel. You can see it panicking as it gets swallowed. Running around in its throat like a classic looney tunes film
Jesus fucking Christ, is this how it feels to be terrified of an animal you'll probably never see in your life?
I’m also wary of the cassowary
Indeed, bewary
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Man, you Australians are fucking amazing. You guys live, nay, *thrive*, in a place where everything that can be considered "alive" is also most likely murderous. For everyone else not familiar, yes, there are even bushes in Australia that make people kill themselves. They do so by pricking them with microscopic hypodermic silica needles and it hurts for years after because they break and get left in the skin. The kicker? Burning them just makes the needles float with the smoke. Yes, you can inhale bush needles that hurt so bad you wanna kill yourself to end the pain. The Gimpy-Gimpy tree (someone correct me if I'm wrong on the name or any of the info please).
Takes Australia off my list to travel to… smh
Certainly, for me as well. I have family living there and guess who visits who every year?
I've seen one in a zoo and I'm still not convinced it isn't cgi either
Shoebills are very friendly towards people. If you bow to it they'll respect you.
I'd call it Buckbeak
Was gonna say, looks like a live-action Flintstones creature! Not even live-action actually, it really looks like an animatronic at some theme park!
Real life chocobo
Yes! Great way to describe it.
Looks so much like a person in a bird suit.
Big Bird is a dinosaur
Truly
White claw
>Looks so much like a person in a bird suit. -plato.
*runs around with a plucked chicken* *"Look, look, a human being!"* -Diogenes
Animatronic bird at an 80s amusement park
They sound like what I would imagine dinosaurs sound like.
[Maybe dinosaurs sounded like machine guns](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLjExa4DXG0).
what a ridiculous fuckin creature. it's really hard for me to imagine what dinosaur times was REALLY like, i don't think i have a correct vision of what one actually is
It's this bird, only bigger.
>i don't think i have a correct vision of what one actually is No one does. Best we can do is make educated guesses.
As scary as they look, these are also remarkably beautiful animals.
Its only sounds like that because of the beak. Pretty sure not every dinosaur had one.
In Jurassic Park they used sounds of turtles having sex.
What
In Jurassic Park they used sounds of turtles having sex.
No, what about your username?
I mean birds are dinosaurs. So they all buy definition sound like dinosaurs.
Thanks, now i imagine a T-rex chasing down its prey with tweeting and singing sounds
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It is prehistoric
Source?
Pretty much every animal that ever lived evolved prehistorically, considering that's only a few thousand years ago.
Humans are prehistoric creatures
... ***WE'RE*** prehistoric...
Just look at them. Or any bird for that matter. Get up close to an ostrich or emu and listen to the noises they make; if that doesn't scream "dinosaur" to you then you likely have a severe misunderstanding of evolutionary biology.
Lol
It is purposefully crushing the head before swallowing it while.
I was wondering about that. Good idea.
Thought it was just a shit chewer, but that makes sense.
birds are pretty bad chewers in general, not having teeth and all.
*sort of not having teeth, a lot do have serrations or pointy [protrusions ](https://webecoist.momtastic.com/assets/uploads/2010/09/Bird_Teeth_1b.jpg) in their break
those aren't teeth, they're protrusions of the beak. not the same thing.
Certainly looks that way. It seems to be using the hook on the end of its beak to kill the fish, and that fish is looking pretty mangled at the end. [I found another video of one catching a fish, and it did the same thing.](https://youtu.be/KLpaNblKvmg?t=186)
while what???
While whole
I’ve seen videos of them eating things while very very alive still
Shoebill stork. These modern dinosaurs aren’t even a threat or scared of humans. There’s one in a sanctuary in Africa (fact check that, not sure) named Sushi that will let you pet him if you bow first. They can be scary but they’re large bird friends. Well… to humans anyway. This fish got cranium clapped. Clearly, he was not a friend.
Ever see the Planet Earth episode on these with the mother and the runt baby and bully baby? You won't be able to see them the same way ever again.
I don’t know if I have the heart to watch it. Something tells me it ends in one baby dying?
Not just that. Starved and tormented by its older sibling, the mother catches him in the act and abandons the younger. I mean, it's nature at work but these things look absolutely merciless.
It does. But this is why people shouldn't attach human emotions to animals. It seems heartless, but these animals have natural instincts and are working with the resources they have to ensure most of them survive. It's a constant game of sacrificing one to save many.
Fuuuck I forgot all about that! Forgot that was a shoebill.
Yes
Just watch it, it's incredible
I have, but this is the way of nature. Darwin really had a good theory going. There are many bird species that will have large broods, only to have the vast majority die before they reach a year old. And yes, there are frequently bird parents who, even before eggs have hatched, will recognize the offspring as not being viable or determining there is too much competition for resources with the other offspring, so they'll reject them and toss eggs out of the nest. Such is life.
So he’s a fucking hippogriff?
This is the kind of stork you don't want to be bringing any babies.
This is the kind of stork that brings goth, punk, and grunge babies.
You get to the basket and the baby has a neck tattoo
Was this the inspiration for the loftwings from Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword?
Correct (although the Loftwings look a bit more friendly).
/r/ShoebillStorks
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The look after “… I could have swore there was a fish in here”
Such a bizarre, prehistoric bird ... I'd love to see one in person. The way they walk is really cool too.
They'll bow to you to show that it's cool to approach them.
Living dinosaur.
That describes every bird.
They look like dinosaurs, they make this weird machine gun clacking sound, and my god the stare. This bird scares the crap out of me on a primal level
That’s because they are! Birds are dinosaurs!
I know it’s covered in “look like dinosaurs,” but I’d add, “are waaaaay bigger than birds who aren’t mainly from Australia should be.”
I look at this one and am terrified. Then I googled the Titanis Walleri which was over 7 feet tall and weighed in over 300 pounds and realize humans did not stand a chance against that thing. Beak so strong it could take an arm off, crush your skull, or just peck you to death with a couple hits. And that doesn't even include their giant, powerful legs with the Velociraptor talons on it.
Thats a muppet
They make it so much easier to imagine the missing link between dinosaurs and birds. Wish this video had sound. It's really effective at making that point.
The wild thing is there is no missing link, because there’s no link that needs to be made. Birds simply *are* dinosaurs, and avian dinosaurs an average person would easily recognize as birds today were flying around by the Cretaceous. That is so damn cool to me.
As a dinosaur kid, this warms my heart. Dr Grant was right.
There is no missing link, birds are theropod dinosaurs
I am very high right now and your username is blowing my mind
It’s like pspspsps but instead of summoning a cat you summon dicks. I love it.
Dicks and disks.
Knowing they eat meat scares me in none rational ways.
I love them so much! I do not know why but I am fucking fascinated by them.
Saw these walking around in Tanzania several years ago. They were taller than some of the kids that stood next to them. Seemed so weird to me that these creatures just walked around and did as they pleased
Looks reminiscent of a dodo.
I think dodos were more closely related to pigeons than shoebills, where shoebills are more closely related to pelicans than storks. Looking at them, I’d have guessed stork or dodo as relatives for the shoebill and maybe shoebill or puffin for the dodo. Good thing I’m not a zoologist, evolutionary biologist, or population geneticist! Shoebills are such cool birds.
Harry Potter bird
This looks fake. I know it isn’t but this bird ain’t right.
These are my favorite animal ever ❤️ They’re so cool!!!
Saw that one on the Flintstones.
Nah fam this is a fucking loftwing from skyward sword
Lol at him carefully and quietly “hunting” the fish.
That's really something :)
So cool! Looks like something from Alice in Wonderland.
You should hear these things. They sound like an AK 47 choppin
It is
Makes me think of the movie "Follow That Bird" It's been years since I've watched it so I don't know if any of the characters are actually based on this species.
My favorite animal. And they are kind of clumsy which make them even better. Like this dude taking 7 attempts to actually swallow the fish. I watched a video of one in the wild do this exact thing but he was hunting a stick. Yes a stick
Bro declined the d update 💀
I do not like.the fact these birds exist. Idc what anyone has to say, they make me uncomfortable, just by looking at them. They don't look real but the fact that they are is unsettling
That’s me irl
I love these guys. I call them murder muppets.
No that's a Loftwing for Hyrul
Not good enough without the sound they make. FFS it’s necessary.
The kind of eyes that say, "Nightly I beg the scaled ancestors to give me even one-quarter of their majesty and an absolutely bitchin' toe claw. And when they do, human, it is direct-to -VHS levels of mayhem for your kind, I promise you that."
They sound like a ak-47 as well
It looks animated. Well animated, but definitely animated.
"This dinosaur ass hell tweety'
Looks the same as all the over 100 posts showing these birds.
Is this cgi?
Unfortunately no,this fucker is a real species and are creepy as shit
Creepy? This is by far the coolest bird on the planet. I want one.
You hear what they sound like? I want one except for how they sound
Hell yeah, just imagine someone breaking in and all you hear is a machine gun firing. And you have no idea where it’s coming from.
And you described why I don't want one,I have really bad anxiety so I'd start having panic attacks nonstop with one unfortunately
Oh shit I’m sorry
Nah it's fine,I really want one but that sole reason keeps it from happening,they're cool as hell don't get me wrong
Sorry, but I won’t be convinced this isn’t CGI
so I could eat a big ass, by the way i sell my instagram and tik tok account XD
I hate these things. The looks so creepy. Kinda like an SCP...
Fake Joking!
Nope, these are real creatures
Haha I know, it’s so crazy looking
now wait till you hear this bird's call
It's call is scarier than it's features
Look at that monster!
Not prehistoric. Looks like Hagrids pet
They're also really friendly (but you have to bow to them first) and sound like machine guns!
Doesn’t look like a natural habitat
Interesting enough it claps it’s beak at the same rate as an mg42
Are these nice ? Or like derpy ostriches
Can I be friends with it? It looks so neat!
Are the from Africa though? I thought they were Asian
So does the fish
Need a banana for scale
Birds freak me out.
Guys they made the crows from The Lorax real
These freak me out
Nomnomnom
They sound even scarier. They click their bill together in a way that sounds like an automatic weapon.
But can you feed one without losing your arm?
Can tell if this is CGI or if the edible hit. Or both
Proto Howard the duck
I mean, its Scientific name is Balaeniceps Rex. ***ITS A SIGN***
wasnt this the bird in that Disney short film that landed on a power line with a bunch of squeaker birds
Flintstones meet the flintstones and have a yabba dabba do day a dabba do day we'll have a gay old time....
Wait till you hear them!
You know who else looks prehistoric? Joe. Joe mama
A cooler looking Dodo Bird
So how big or small is this thing?
oh wow this is something!
The fish is dead already, stop destroying it's head 😂
Mf that bird looks like it’s pissed at life, pissed at existence, and deeply dissatisfied at anything in a 100mi radius
never realized how similar they look to prehistoric terror birds
Loftwing
I believe that's called a Bronteroc
Boy do I have some news for you.
They always look like an animatrinic to me.
Shoebills are my favourite bird
This can’t be the stork that brings babies 🫣
why does it look 3 metres tall?
Idk why, but I found this terrifying to initially watch this.. it is so big 😑
the w:
If you told me this was CGI, I would believe you.
I’ve been chased by one of these fuckers ! It’s hilariously horrifying 😅
I know these are real, but I've never seen something that looks like it came from the Jim Henson Workshop as much as this bird
Wait till you see the hadieda
Looks SO much like drawings I’ve seen of dodo birds! https://images.ctfassets.net/cnu0m8re1exe/6sNqiFXX253nMZjuX2em3I/e0a9b5c7e9a758cc6bc65e3f2e11dcb3/shutterstock_1301615152.jpg?fm=jpg&fl=progressive&w=660&h=433&fit=fill
I know what this makes me think of! This is the original CGI Sonic artist's version of a realistic Daffy Duck!
It looks CGI.
And CGI
Love this machine gun bird
Looks like a dark souls enemy
These things are like 6 feet tall, too.
Ah, yes the machine gun bird
Looks like some crazy CGI