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To have eyes bigger than one's stomach. This hamerkop was trying for at least 1 hour to swallow this 1 day chick before finally abandoning.

Belgium.

Antwerp National Zoo.

www.zooantwerpen.be/en/

 

Antwerp Zoo (Dutch: ZOO Antwerpen) is a zoo in the centre of Antwerp, Belgium, located next to the Antwerpen-Centraal railway station. It is the oldest animal park in the country, and one of the oldest in the world, established on 21 July 1843.

 

The savannah aviary houses a buffalo family and numerous african bird species. It's a free flight aviary allowing some liberty for their inhabitants.

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Uploaded on February 22, 2023
Taken on February 15, 2023