Shoebill Stork
🔬 Animal Research Sheet

Shoebill Stork

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📖 Read about me

The shoebill is a 5-foot swamp hunter with a giant shoe-shaped, razor-edged bill and an unblinking stare. It stands frozen for hours, then 'collapses' on lungfish or baby crocodiles and swallows them whole. Pairs greet each other with a machine-gun-like bill-clatter.

🌍 Where do I live? (my habitat)

⚡ What is my superpower?

🤯 One weird TRUE fact I learned

🔎 How do scientists KNOW this?

(Hint: look for clues in the facts — did they film it, measure it, or test it?)

✏️ Draw me!

❓ One question I still have

Wild Zoo Facts · https://wildzoofacts.com/animals/shoebill-stork/ — read the full facts, watch the video, and check your answers.