#Metazoa #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/met02092601.html
Kormoran / Great cormorant / Grand Cormoran
Februar 2018
https://archive.org/details/068068
#Kormorane -> https://www.goehde.com/fotos/index.php?/category/2337
#PhalacrocoraxCarbo #vögel #tiere #animals #birds #pelecaniformes #cormorants #cormoran #niederrhein #LowerRhineRegion #video #foto #fotografie #photo #photography #slide #slideshow
Der Kormoran (Phalacrocorax carbo) ist eine Vogelart aus der Familie der Kormorane (Phalacrocoracidae). Das Verbreitungsgebiet der Art umfasst große Teile...
'Living dinosaurs' - #shoebills
* large, #prehistoric looking #birds which haunt freshwater #marshes in East Africa;
* their closest relatives are the #Pelecaniformes order, which appearedaround 65 million years ago, at the end of the #Cretaceous period;
* named shoebill so unique is its foot-long bill that resembles a Dutch clog;
* Its specialized bill allows this birds to grab large prey;
* now live 5,000-8,000;
* they can fly.
* oldest shoebill in the world died 50 y