The UWEC Shoebill Stork | Sushie the Shoebill
Channel: Blessed YouTuber
Date: 21/06/2022

Shoebills are predominantly found in Southern Africa in countries like Uganda, Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia. They inhabit a natural wetland in areas with fresh water like swamps. Like many countries of the world, America has got some shoebills that live in Zoos like in Florida, therefore the Ugandan shoebill shares the same genes and characteristics of the signature gunfight sounds made by shoebills trying to communicate to one another.
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Shoebill beaks can reach up to 24 cm in length and 20 cm in width.

The shoebill stands at an average height of four and half feet. It’s massive beak is strong enough to decapitate a 6 (six) feet fish. Shoebills are compared to dinosaurs by very many people. The shoebill has skinny long legs like most wading birds. It weighs an average of 12.3 pounds or around 5.6 kg and the wingspan is 7.7 feet (2.33m).

Shoebills rarely raise more than one chick and at most lay two (2) eggs.

They live in wetlands as their habitat and their range is widely distributed but mainly found in Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan and Zambia.

In Uganda they are found in Murchison National Park, Mabamba and Makanaga wetlands, etc...

Shoebills are carnivorous and feed on fish, snakes, frogs, monitor lizards, young crocodiles and many more aquatic dwelling animals. 

The lifespan of a shoebill is 35 years in the wild and 36 years in captivity.

They have an incubation period of 30 days.

Threats to survival include things like hunting, pet trade and destruction of wetlands.

They have a conservation status which is VULNERABLE according to IUCN

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Check out these videos on this channel;

Petting a Shoebill | Strangest Bird In the World:
https://youtu.be/rFnCfosRGMs

The Hostile Shoebill:
https://youtu.be/CKZclQ-y7v8

Shoebill Machine Gun Sounds | Pre-historic Dinosaur Looking Bird:
https://youtu.be/JMoZBjcKNZk

The Motionless Shoebill:
https://youtu.be/A4501tNLZBo

Ugandan Shoebill Standing Still:
https://youtu.be/M3Y0qNvsfRU

Shoebills Walking In Water:
https://youtu.be/6rvqSUbWnA0

The Elusive Shoebill | Bec-en-sabot insaisissable:
https://youtu.be/_bIoASoYko8

Ugandan Tigers at UWEC, Entebbe:
https://youtu.be/ZCz8m5VnXdQ

Shoebill Stork (Balaeniceps Rex) Eating Fish, Regurgitates it, Swallows It Again:
https://youtu.be/g5LufYkwelQ

Shoebill Stork (Balaeniceps Rex) Gunfight Noise Greeting, Welcoming Sound:
https://youtu.be/awJSIZScpbQ