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Are you ready to learn some cool facts about Shoebill storks? Joey and Jinger love the Shoebill stork. They think the Shoebill stork looks like it is related to Joey’s favorite toys; dinosaurs. Have you ever heard about the Shoebill storks? I read a post about them on Facebook awhile back, but I didn’t think they were real. I did some research and a lot of reading and to my amazement they are most definitely real storks. They are some very tall beautiful birds. Shoebill storks are closely related to pelicans and herons.
Have you ever seen a Shoebill stork before?
Facts about Shoebill storks:
1. Balaeniceps rex is the Shoebills scientific name. The
Shoebill is also known as the Shoebill stork, and whalehead.
2. The Shoebill stork can get up to five feet tall. Shoebill
storks have a wing span that can get up to a little over 7 feet wide. Shoebill
storks can weigh up to about 12 pounds. Depending on which Shoebill it could
weigh a little more or a little less.
3. A Shoebill can live up to 35 years in the wild and up to
50 years in captivity.
4. Shoebills can fly, but not for long periods of time.
5. Shoebills are wading birds. They need access to water.
So, the Shoebills lives in or near marshes and swampy areas. They live in
places in East Africa. Here is a list of some those places in alphabetical
order:
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Botswana
·
Ethiopia
·
Kenya
·
Sudan
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Tanzania
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Uganda
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Zambia
6. Shoebills are carnivores. Carnivore means they only eat
meat. It eats mainly fish, small crocodiles, snakes, lizards, and other food
sources. They search for their food in the shallow waters of the swamps and
marshes.
7. Did you ever hear of Jim Henson's Animal Show? A puppet
named Wingo the Shoebill appears in the episode called Stork and Shoebill. On
that episode Wingo the Shoebill tells the viewers all about the Shoebill
storks.
8. Shoebills make some pretty loud noises. Some people say
the noises sound like a machine gun or tribal drums. With your
parents/caretaker’s permission google Shoebill stork sounds and hear for
yourself what they sound like.
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Books about Shoebills:
1. THE SHOEBILL Do Your Kids Know This? by Tanya Turner
2. Facts About The Shoebill Stork by Lisa Strattin
3. The Little Shoebill by Kabaso Kampamba
4. Shoebills (Spooky Animals) by Grace Hansen
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reading them to your child/children.
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