It looks like a Glamour Shot type photo with the whole "coyly looking over my shoulder" pose.
Too funny!
June 29, 2007
Anonymous said...
In fact Marabou Storks are not only scavengers, they hunt also a wide range of smaller animals like fish, amphibians, larger insects, reptiles and even birds and mammals. In some regions like in India they eat even human feces in some towns, similar to several species of vultures.
LOL, I was thinking Dark Crystal too. That angle for an already freakish looking creature is SO COOL!
June 29, 2007
[Image]I could stare at this photo for hours. This is one of my favorite birds. Check out this marabou stork's hair, beak, neck, and eyes. You couldn't ask for a better shot than this.
This particular bird abides in Duisburg, Germany -- far from its home in Africa. But I assume that its German keepers are doing a fine job of supplying it with carrion and other delectables.
I think it's high time that the creative minds over at Disney storyboard their next animated movie around a marabou stork hero. The story can revolve around the bird's unwillingness to stick his head inside a zebra corpse. That would draw kids to the box office like flies to...well, to carrion.
Thanks for letting me use your photo, Hennie. You've truly captured the beauty of this animal.
Photo source: Hennie van Heerden
posted by Raging Wombat at 12:55 PM on Jun 28, 2007
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Close this window Jump to comment formIt's great. I'm worried that I won't make it through the verification word. But wasn't this guy in the Darrrk Crrrrystal?
June 28, 2007
Aargh! Jack beat me to it! *LMAO!*
--TwoDragons
June 28, 2007
Erm...Dark Crystal anyone? "Gelfling!!!!"
nast, yet so wonderful!
June 29, 2007
OMG!! Maribou storks are fantastic!! This pic is especially great--let's his whimsical personality shine through...
June 29, 2007
It looks like a Glamour Shot type photo with the whole "coyly looking over my shoulder" pose.
Too funny!
June 29, 2007
In fact Marabou Storks are not only scavengers, they hunt also a wide range of smaller animals like fish, amphibians, larger insects, reptiles and even birds and mammals. In some regions like in India they eat even human feces in some towns, similar to several species of vultures.
June 29, 2007
"Dark Crystal" is exactly what I thought...
June 29, 2007
LOL, I was thinking Dark Crystal too. That angle for an already freakish looking creature is SO COOL!
June 29, 2007