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#125882 03/22/04 09:58 PM
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We've all heard of the caribou. Today I learned about the remarkable African marabou. At five feet, it's nearly as tall as I am, but its wings spread a full ten feet; mine don't come close.


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#125884 03/23/04 01:34 PM
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Perty ugly from the neck on up, but not bad otherwise.

http://www.afrigalah.com/sel2img/Marabou.jpg


#125885 03/23/04 09:37 PM
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Certainly looks as if it's been beaten really badly with the ugly stick, doesn't it?


#125886 03/23/04 10:47 PM
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ugly stick

betcha wouldn't say that to it's mother...



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#125887 03/23/04 11:40 PM
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I read that the marabou's wedge-shped bill can slice right through flesh, which is useful since it feeds off carrion. It's the death stork.


#125888 03/24/04 12:03 AM
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the marabou's wedge-shped bill can slice right through flesh

That would explain the nearly featherless head. Here's another picture, even uglier:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~teund/marabou.jpg



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