Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) also known as whalehead, whale-headed stork, or shoe-billed stork, is a very large stork-like bird. It derives its name from its enormous shoe-shaped bill. The adult is mainly grey while the juveniles are browner. It lives in tropical east Africa in large swamps from South Sudan to Zambia.
The shoebill is a tall bird, with a typical height range of 110 to 140 cm (43 to 55 in) and some specimens reaching as much as 152 cm (60 in). Length from tail to beak can range from 100 to 140 cm (39 to 55 in) and wingspan is 230 to 260 cm (7 ft 7 in to 8 ft 6 in). Weight has reportedly ranged from 4 to 7 kg (8.8 to 15.4 lb). A male will weigh on average around 5.6 kg (12 lb) and is larger than a typical female of 4.9 kg (11 lb). The signature feature of the species is its huge, bulbous bill, which is straw-coloured with erratic greyish markings. The exposed culmen (or the measurement along the top of the upper mandible) is 18.8 to 24 cm (7.4 to 9.4 in), the third longest bill among extant birds after pelicans and large storks.

The Shoebill seriously creeps me out, they eat baby crocodiles and fish, but they freaking decapitate their food before swallowing it. They have actually been depicted in Egyptian artwork, so they've been around for a long time. They seem to be one of the closest reminders that birds developed from Dinosaurs!

No gock am, dem go chop am for Nigeria

Oluwasaeon:
No gock am, dem go chop am for Nigeria

You sure?

Ghozky:


You sure?

Before nko?

If this one enter pot finish Na turkey u go call am

Mafo! Omo see meat.

Oluwasaeon:
No gock am, dem go chop am for Nigeria

dis thing wey resemble Oracle

Oluwasaeon:
No gock am, dem go chop am for Nigeria

Naaa the drumstick we go start with self

Then we go barbecue the rest part

A weird looking bird i must say...
If i owned one, iwd use it for security...like a dog.., difference is iwd tie red cloth with cowrie to its feet, and glue a Calabash to its head.
Dem neva born the thief!

I dont doubt those guys above me would really chow this thing, there is hunger in the land.

When you said animal I thought you meant *****I

Vulture should make that list

Please Mr. and Mrs. Shoebill do not venture into Nigeria. These niggas will hunt you and eat you into extinction.

Shoebill looks cute. They eat baby crocodile

I read they're very friendly and calm with humans and the first image seems to depict that.

The poster above me though

Kpokakpoka:
A weird looking bird i must say...
If i owned one, iwd use it for security...like a dog.., difference is iwd tie red cloth with cowrie to its feet, and glue a Calabash to its head.
Dem neva born the thief!

I dont doubt those guys above me would really chow this thing, there is hunger in the land.

Jesus still remain the only way to escape fear and he'll.

If this one enta oga mannabbq hand eh,he go perform wonders with am.

If this one mistakenly enter Nigeria, I trust my people, them no go dull am

Emilokoiyawon:
Please Mr. and Mrs. Shoebill do not venture into Nigeria. These niggas will hunt you and eat you into extinction.

haha,
And lala wil help in posting it here hw it went down

Kwamecron:
If this one enter pot finish Na turkey u go call am

You need jesus

This oyibo people self...something way suppose don day pot since...instead dem day use camera snap do documentary ....I trust my country shaa...if nah here d only documentary e for get nah for our belle

This one go worse pass turkey if e pursue u

Kpokakpoka:


I dont doubt those guys above me would really chow this thing, there is hunger in the land.

This is not true, it is not about hunger it is a feeling of entitlement we have here in Africa. That as human we are the apex predator and have the ultimate right eat any animal we want plus it is free food. It is a culture thing here.

Even people with abudance of food at home still kill and eat these animals.

Kpokakpoka:
A weird looking bird i must say...
If i owned one, iwd use it for security...like a dog.., difference is iwd tie red cloth with cowrie to its feet, and glue a Calabash to its head.
Dem neva born the thief!

I dont doubt those guys above me would really chow this thing, there is hunger in the land.

Bros u never see thief, Nigerian thieves they thief not just for hunger but also for record and fun
If person go get mind thief a whole shrine including the babalawo and ship them go abroad wetin remain
Babalawo land for Italy , he shock

FlordFlorez:
Mafo! Omo see meat.

We need to think like biologists in this scenario and not just barbaric humans that are ready to kill anything to satisfy their hunger. Such species should rather be preserved to ensure perpetuation.

VictorJoshua:


We need to think like biologists in this scenario and not just barbaric humans that are ready to kill anything to satisfy their hunger. Such species should rather be preserved to ensure perpetuation.

Well said.

Emilokoiyawon:
Please Mr. and Mrs. Shoebill do not venture into Nigeria. These niggas will hunt you and eat you into extinction.

Only the pictures self men for nairaland don dey salivate

Thank God it's not in Nigeria. It would've been eaten by now.

KingMack:

Only the pictures self men for nairaland don dey salivate

Tell me about it. They way they are looking at that beautiful creature

How can i tell them i have this Animal in my backyard?

Emilokoiyawon:


Tell me about it. They way they are looking at that beautiful creature

The most beautiful thing is only when it ends in their stomach

KingMack:

The most beautiful thing is only when it ends in their stomach

I can't imagine people tryna eat stuff like this