In addition to seeing beautiful natural landscapes, ancient historical sites, and eating delicious specialties, we will also see all kinds of weird species during the journey. For example, in Africa, a continent full of mysteries, we have realized some unique plants, the whole body is a treasure of Baobab trees , not only can eat, drink, use and live, but also has saved countless Africans. affectionately known locally as “tree of life” ; flowering late at night to attract bats emit rat taste, but the shape of the fruit taste is sweet and delicious sausage of sausage tree ; arid desert in order to survive often use “self-amputation” approach to reduce water The quiver tree that drains, locks nutrition, and so on.

In addition to these “wonderful” plants, Africa also has many uncommon animals. What we are going to introduce this time is the cetacean, a unique animal in Africa .

The cetacean mainly lives near huge swamps in tropical regions of eastern Africa . This bird is very large, with an average height of 1.2 meters . The extremely individual cetacean is as high as 1.5 meters, and the length of its wings is nearly 3 Meters . The overall feathers of the whalehead stork are mostly gray, only the back is a little green in the sun, and the crown on the back of the head is like a freshly made hairstyle , which adds a few looks. The tail is relatively short, and it has the same red-crowned crane. “Long legs”.

To say that it is the most distinctive feature up and down, it is to say that it has a huge head and a boot-like mouth . The whalehead stork won the title of “the largest living bird in the world” because of its big head . It also has a very funny and vivid bird face , with its eyes on the top and similar to the position of the owl’s eyes. The most compelling part of the whole face even say it’s mouth is beak , its mouth only 12 cm wide and is still very great, is the world’s widest beak . Because its beak looks a bit like a boot from the side, it is called a booty bird .

Don’t underestimate the beak of the whalehead stork. Its top is very sharp, and its sides are also very sharp . Once it clamps the prey, it is difficult to escape. Its bite force is amazing , and it is a hunting weapon that it depends on for survival. But such huge birds are often associated with “giant pandas”, “huskies”, and “crocodile” . What’s the matter?

“Husky”

The reason why it is related to the huskies is that the huskies are too stupid and stupid , and the whalehead stork was once called “the huskies among the birds” . About ten years ago, a photographer from the United States was photographing birds in a safari park. He accidentally captured a photo that made the unknown whalehead stork hit the Internet. In the photo, a zebra-breasted tree duck blocked the way of the whalehead stork. It immediately opened its big beak . Just when many people thought the tree duck would die, the whalehead just lost the duck in the way. To the side . After this scene was captured by the photographer and uploaded to the Internet, the whalehead stork suddenly became an internet celebrity.

Later, a lot of funny things appeared, for example: The little fish to the mouth has not eaten more than 20 times. Netizens called it another animal that was too stupid and cute and made himself an endangered animal ; very polite Will bow to express gratitude to humans ; like to be quiet in the rain, often alone in the rain, known as the “melancholy bird” ; and the most widely spread ” likes to pull their feathers to give away .”

But in fact, the “bow” is an act of being raised for a long time, and the inability to eat is a deliberate “program” arranged by the zoo. As for being in the rain and plucking hair is completely different, “all depends on a picture.” It is a normal behavior for wild animals to get in the rain, and the behavior of plucking is just that the hair naturally falls off, and the whalehead stork takes it off.

“Crocodile”

Although the whalehead stork looks a little festive, it is by no means a “cute” animal, but a frightening predator . This is somewhat similar to our national treasure, the giant panda, which seems to be harmless, but its combat effectiveness is amazing.

Speaking of this, I have to mention that the crocodile standing at the top of the food chain in the animal world is always hidden in the water. It not only has a strong skill, but also has a thick armor. It looks invulnerable, as if except for humans in nature. There are no natural enemies. But the seemingly cute stork is its biggest threat . Its beak is very sharp and can penetrate the skin of a crocodile. Once it bites the crocodile, it cannot escape. In the swamp’s dangerous, that mouth is an animal of a nightmare, back the thick shell of the turtle can also be swallowed directly, lung fish is also a large body of its prey .

“Giant Panda”

Because the whalehead stork is very popular with everyone, it is often sent to other countries abroad to take up the mission of making friends . In addition, the number of cetaceans has dropped rapidly in recent years, and it was included in the list of vulnerable animals in 13 years . Is this because of its own stupidity? Of course not, the most important reason is actually man-made.

Due to the destruction and pollution of the environment by humans, the habitat of cetaceans has begun to degenerate . In a few years, there are only 3,000 to 5,000 cetaceans in the wild, which is as endangered as that of giant pandas . As the cetacean’s reputation grows, more and more people like it, and some poachers have a wishful thinking. They started hunting this kind of bird wildly, and some wealthy people from Dubai and Saudi Arabia were even willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars to raise a live whalehead stork .

However, in the process of transportation, many cetaceans died of self-injury due to excessive stress and anxiety . In order to protect this giant bird and allow this lovely bird to continue to live on the earth, wildlife protection laws have been introduced in many places, and wetlands and swamps are gradually being protected, so that the cetacean has a resting place.

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