In the vastness of nature, there is a strange bird with a large beak and a fierce face, no one dares to come close.
This bird has amazing strength and a terrifying `cold-blooded` nature.
Shoe-billed storks mainly live in African swamps. They have a brave appearance and large size, and are likened to dinosaurs in bird form.
The shoe-billed stork is a descendant of the small-sized dinosaur `Theropoda` – the same group of dinosaurs as T-Rex.
Adult shoe-billed storks are 1.2 m tall and can weigh up to 4-7 kg.
This bird has long legs and is the ideal model for many beauty lovers.
The shoe-billed stork’s most notable feature is its impressively large beak, which is spotted and about 0.12 m wide.
The front of the wide and sturdy beak is curved into a hook shape.
The Dutch also call the shoebill `father of shoes`.
Shoe-billed storks are solitary animals with a lifespan of more than 35 years.
Shoe-billed storks have amazing hunting abilities.
The shoe-billed stork often stands motionless in the water with its beak pressed close to its chest, like a sniper waiting for the enemy to take the bait.
Baby crocodiles are still young and do not yet know the dangers of wild nature.
Aiming at the right moment when there was no mother crocodile nearby, the shoe-billed stork poked its head into the water, and when it lifted its head, there was a small crocodile in its mouth.
Having successfully hunted, the shoe-billed stork looks for a quiet place to enjoy its feast.
The process of eating baby crocodiles is quite difficult, because they often swim into water with lots of grass.
Crocodile skin is very thick, normal birds cannot eat it.
To the shoebill stork, crocodile skin is just a tough piece of quiche, with just a bit of force it will tear.
Due to many different reasons, the number of shoe-billed storks is no longer large, the total number does not exceed 20,000 in the wild and in captive zoo environments, and has become an alarmingly endangered species.
Nature has a complete biological chain.
However, the biggest natural enemy of animals is humans.
Source: Sohu