Marabou Stork (Leptopilis crumeniferus)
Another few from my archives, this time its Africa or Kenya to be a little more precise. The Marabou Stork is massive,it is 5 ft long, that is 1.524 m, a big bird indeed, and not the prettiest of birds. This stork is a scavenger and is often seen in rubbish dumps, it will happily eat any offal left from kills, choosing to consort with the vultures at a kill, but is not unknown to catch and kill live vertebrates. Seen at Town or Village outskirts picking over scraps.
So this is not the stork you want to deliver your baby!
Marabou Stork (Leptopilis crumeniferus)
Another few from my archives, this time its Africa or Kenya to be a little more precise. The Marabou Stork is massive,it is 5 ft long, that is 1.524 m, a big bird indeed, and not the prettiest of birds. This stork is a scavenger and is often seen in rubbish dumps, it will happily eat any offal left from kills, choosing to consort with the vultures at a kill, but is not unknown to catch and kill live vertebrates. Seen at Town or Village outskirts picking over scraps.
So this is not the stork you want to deliver your baby!