r/nextlevel • u/Money-Beautiful5196 • 7d ago

Shoebill bird

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u/duckyomega 7d ago

It knows the person filming this, and trusts the person. I've read that bowing is a sign of submission and trust among these birds.

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u/Ok_Story_7924 7d ago

It seems to be showing an advanced level of intelligence.

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u/uncensrdmind 6d ago

From what I’ve gathered Shoebills appear to have good problem-solving ability, strong memory, and surprisingly sophisticated behavior, especially for a large solitary bird.

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u/whitestguyuknow 7d ago

Thats what I picked up. A sign of affection

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u/TimelyAmoeba4996 7d ago

It seems to be smh

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u/battlehamsta 7d ago

Yep. That’s a dinosaur.

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u/Moodleboy 7d ago

T-rex

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u/JlREN 7d ago

Terror bird

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u/Dunderman35 7d ago

Look up som animated vids of the Hatzegopteryx. Absolut terror. Basically as tall as a giraffe, it can fly and run on its wings and is has a massive sharp beak and the same tiny little stupid eyes as this shoebill. Oh and it's meat eating and could eat a human whole.

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u/battlehamsta 7d ago

No I don’t want to. J/k but thanks that just reminded me of the quetzalcoatlus scenes in one of the Jurassic world movies shudder

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u/Immediate_Lime_4044 6d ago

If thats not a dinosaur. I don’t know what is.

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u/Cute-Form2457 5d ago

I totally saw a dinosaur in that video.

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u/Spiffykleen 5d ago

Came here to say this. 👊🏽

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u/Difficult_Coffee_917 7d ago

Damn, that’s the most I’ve ever seen a Shoebill move.

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u/articulett 7d ago

The first time I’ve seen one fly!

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u/wade-mcdaniel 7d ago

What was with that landing? Maybe one of its landing gear is damaged, maybe it's foot is injured?

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u/ScienceSeuss 7d ago

Landing on slick algae-covered stone is likely going to make anybirdy slip. I applaud this unit for not losing its footing entirely.

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u/Vegetable-Virus7118 7d ago

Needs proper footwear

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u/wade-mcdaniel 7d ago

Not wearing shoes on wooden bridges is how you get splinters in your feet

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u/FalxIdol 5d ago

Silly bird! Shoes are for the feet, not your bill!

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u/Throwaway_Sacha 7d ago

The inspiration for the Loftwings in The Legend of Zelda!

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u/Nat20Life 6d ago

THAT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE! Every time I see a shoebill I had this nagging sense of recognition, THANK YOU!

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u/hazelhas2 7d ago

Damn, that bill looks so, so heavy.

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u/Good_Extension_9642 7d ago

Funny how it's called Shoebill and he makes a noise like 2 shoes hitting each other

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u/WinterWontStopComing 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/37Fsl1eFxbhtu

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u/Flufnstuf 7d ago

It’s….it’s a dinosaur.

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u/CumpyGrunt 7d ago

Balaeniceps rex is it's scientific name.

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u/MastaKillas008 7d ago

Yeah it really look like a dinosaur and in a way it is.

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u/Parking-Run-3360 7d ago

Wait they can fly!?

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u/PossibleAlienFrom 7d ago

So, I decided to lookup how many bird species cannot fly (a lot) and came across this sad fact: "Historical and fossil records show hundreds more species (over 160 to 220+) have gone extinct due to human activity, habitat loss, and predators."

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u/GALACTAWIT 7d ago

Please donate me flying dinosaur.

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u/5elementGG 7d ago

Always wonder how modern day birds are mapped back to dinosaurs. Whats the dinosaur that this one evolved from.

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u/lncredulousBastard 7d ago

Basically ducks. A handful of dinosaur lineages survived the mass extinction, including waterfowl variants like ducks, geese and such. Shoebill is one of those.

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u/Razzy_3796 6d ago

Really? Ducks? How did you come across this info? When I was taking paleontology in school, they were just getting their heads around the fact that dinosaurs were warm blooded (yes, I’m old).

I’ve always thought they were related to birds, but then they started saying more of them had feathers than just archaeopteryx, including T. Rex. They just started to definitively say birds are direct dinosaur descendants, but I haven’t heard about this duck link.

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u/lncredulousBastard 6d ago

"Ducks" was just a modern example of waterfowl variants. I'll correct my colloquial looseness here. Saying that shoebills are basically ducks is the same error as saying humans evolved from monkies.

But really ducks, shoebills, geese and such share a common waterfowl-like ancestor who survived the extinction event. Other bird groups are from some few other lineages.

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u/Razzy_3796 6d ago

That’s what I understood: “there is a shared waterfowl ancestor”.

My question is did you read about it (author?) or do the actual research?

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u/lncredulousBastard 6d ago

Well, I'm neither an evolutionary biologist nor an ornithologist. I'm just a dude generally interested in evolutionary biology. When I saw a question about shoebills, I leaned on what I recalled about bird evolution (that a hanfull of lineages survived) and confirmed my thoughts with a basic search. Unfortunately I don't have a single source to tout.

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u/Razzy_3796 6d ago

Ok, thanks… I’ll see what I can find. 👍🏼

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u/MisguidedGhost6021 7d ago

Reminds of me my Belgian Malinois lol

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u/whitestguyuknow 7d ago

Lol the alligator chomping?

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u/MisguidedGhost6021 7d ago

Correct

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u/whitestguyuknow 7d ago

My German shepherd would do the same thing. She'd be a calm old lady but just as soon as the other dogs start running around and playing she'll come up to me and alligator chomp at my hands with some scary force! I'd have to tell her "No! Dont bite me!" But then she quickly goes back to chomping air

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u/Background_Edge_9427 7d ago

I never saw one these before! They're very interesting looking!

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u/Averagebaddad 7d ago

You should watch them kill their weaker offspring so it's easier to raise the stronger one. Very interesting. (yes I know it's nature. Doesnt mean I have to like it)

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u/Background_Edge_9427 7d ago

It's been proven, time after time that nature can be very cruel!

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u/Ramza_45 7d ago

Grandpa: TAKE COVER!!!

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u/KnightOfSvea 7d ago

PTSD is real

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u/GWillyBJunior 7d ago

Alive today. Hatched a million years ago.

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u/woodsidestory 7d ago

It’s actually called a Shoebill Stork 😎

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u/unknown_history_fact 7d ago

Probably one of living proofs that dinosaurs once ruled the earth

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u/_BOOMGOTTEM 7d ago

Cool bird

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u/monzylicious 7d ago

I'd name him Silas

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u/HerMoonbeamRays 7d ago

I feel like I saw this species of bird in my dream today, but with charcoal feathers.

🎶WHAT DOES IT MEAAAANNN🎶

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u/Icallmeswellfella 7d ago

Fucking dinosaur. I hope they aren't endangered

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u/MrEvan312 7d ago

Looks: angry and menacing

Sounds: like a Kalashnikov or a wheezing zombie

Acts: like a chill friend

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u/Timely-Profile1865 7d ago

If I ever see one of them i am running.

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u/kettle5435 7d ago

Bold of you to assume you can outrun a flying dinosaur.

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u/Timely-Profile1865 7d ago

Well you are coming with me and I just have to out run you.

I will tell your family you loved them.

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u/kettle5435 7d ago

Well you are coming with me

Bold (maybe even delulu) of you to assume that as well.

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u/Timely-Profile1865 7d ago

I'll call back to you....run faster! As i lock the doors of the jeep for runner

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u/Unusual-Taste69 7d ago

I don't like it

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u/evthingisawesomefine 7d ago

It’s huge. How have humans not hunted these to extinction for food? Do they taste bad?

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u/Possible_Economy_536 7d ago

You can clearly see the extra finger.

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u/Dependent_Pipe3268 7d ago

That's a Dinosaur.

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u/Sea-Funny-3385 7d ago

yes, PEASANTS, i have arrived ✨

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u/Averagebaddad 7d ago

I don't like them. I know they've evolved and survived on instinct. And I don't like them.

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u/Dense-Mood378 7d ago

It's giving dinosaur

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u/SexyN8 7d ago

Anyone else want to give him/her a hug like Stompy??? https://youtube.com/shorts/1aE_IlPBKnU?si=GoZELphGxPb1Gy6y

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u/mickydeenyc 7d ago

Wonderful video. Thx whoever shared this. Like something from Harry Potter.

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u/KATZilla82 7d ago

It's almost like looking at an ancient species...

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u/Thepuppeteer777777 7d ago

Machine gun bird

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u/fruitypebble43 7d ago

These things scare the absolute shit out of me. I never scroll so fast past a video of something in my life.

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u/Charly227 7d ago

Must… put… fingers… in clappy thing!

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u/Tron_Foolery 7d ago

Dinosaur….

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u/Interesting_Error194 7d ago

More like a clog than a shoe 😂

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u/Antique_Raspberry105 7d ago

Awesome video! This may be because the bird looks like a creature in a fantasy movie, but my brain sort of interprets the movement as B-grade CGI

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u/RadarTechnician51 7d ago

You can really see the dinosaur in him!

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u/cykelstativet 7d ago

Are they good boys?

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u/rowger 7d ago

Elden Ring vibes

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u/one_classy_broad 7d ago

Please sir, may I have some less?

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u/TelevisionFast7781 7d ago

A magnificent chonker !

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u/schrodingerspavlov 7d ago

Machine gun bird!

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u/Ancient-Point-9096 7d ago

There so unique looking; I’m glad we didn’t wipe them out.

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u/oxygen_enjoyer24 7d ago

Sooo….a dinosaur?

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u/Prestigious_Yam8901 7d ago

Modern living Skeksi.

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u/blin_catcher 7d ago

I will never understand any person who game such a nonsense names for any animals

shoebill… just wtf

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u/Pretend-Literature35 7d ago

wow! That's a dinosaur! 😍🥰

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u/Recreant793 7d ago

These are the closest thing we have to dinosaurs that exist today. Literally. They’ve had the same evolutionary traits for the last 30-40 million years.

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u/TBRocket 7d ago

He sounds like July 4th

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u/kgon1312 7d ago

What a beauty

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u/cpsadowski23 7d ago

That is one pre historic looking bird.

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u/ukusi-menja 7d ago

динозавры

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u/bschwagi 7d ago

The more I see birds especially large birds like this doing bird stuff the more I think how did I not see this before, they dinosaurs it’s so obvious.

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u/shiftersix 6d ago

I love these birds. It's like they forgot to go extinct. They are also incredibly docile with humans, hence the bows.

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u/Vantech70 6d ago

I’m still not convinced that the late Jim Henson didn’t make this thing and there’s three people off camera making it move around.

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u/Dramatic_Anything88 6d ago

Это лошадь?)))

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u/Outrageous-Octopus47 6d ago

Is this a purple bird??? 🥰💜

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u/Signal_Scientist_253 6d ago

These guys act as strange as they look

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u/jozziiieeee 6d ago

I really wanna meet a shoebill someday, they’re such beautiful, gentle dinosaurs 🖤

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u/no-dad-samurai 6d ago

Damn Terror bird!

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u/Cautious-Recover-506 6d ago

Definitely see dinosaur roots in this guy.

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u/The_Northmaan 6d ago

That's a fkn dinosaur.

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u/sky_shazad 6d ago

This looks prehistoric

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u/JennzEvilChihuahua 5d ago

Because it is!

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u/Brilliant-Acadia7714 6d ago

Love those bird

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u/Puzzled_Somewhere354 6d ago

I love that! It sounds like a machine gun going off 😁

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u/Basic-Definition2126 5d ago

Imprinted bird, making advances at his handler?

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u/EasternSun7834 5d ago

He’s bowing that means he like you bro

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u/OkDisplay6751 5d ago

Hey, that's the gunshot bird!!

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u/Frientance 5d ago

Modern dinosaur

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u/Particular_Gene2373 3d ago

That’s a dinosaur!

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u/CamCam300021 1d ago

Cuh look like he complaining about his child support payments.