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Marabou Stork — printable fact sheet
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Marabou Stork
Leptoptilos crumenifer
Leptoptilos crumenifer stands 1.5 m tall with a wingspan that can approach 3.2 m - among the largest of any land bird - and it is spectacularly ugly by design. The head and neck are bald because the bird pushes them deep into carcasses, and feathers there would mat with blood an…
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- Despite their ungainly look, Marabou Storks are capable of soaring gracefully for hours, using thermals to travel vast distances with minimal energy.
- Marabou storks will dominate vultures at a carcass through sheer size and reach, and vultures give way to them. They swallow surprising things whole - flamingos, small mammals, and, at rubbish dumps, scraps of metal and plastic that kill them. Unlike most storks they fly with the neck pulled in rather than extended, because the head is too heavy to carry on a straight neck at that size.
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