Shoebill birds can reach a height of five feet, but the prehistoric-looking creatures generally aren't taller than people.

A Shoebill, a large, rare stork-like bird, landed on a tourist boat in Mabamba Bay, Uganda, creating a sight to see.

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Shoebills reach up to 5 feet in height and they are formidable ambush predators, standing still in swamps before lunging forward to swallow their prey whole with their giant bills. When you purchase ...

With its massive shoe-shaped beak and piercing eyes, the shoebill looks more prehistoric than modern. Standing up to 1.5 metres tall, shoebills are among the largest stork-like birds in the world.

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The Shoebill Stork lives in tropical Africa in the swampy wetlands, from north into Sudan, south into Zambia, and west to ...