Not saying this is bullshit, but… it sounds like bullshit.
It’s like the deer in the templegrounds of Nara in Japan – supposedly, they “bow” because they’re oh-so-polite, but it’s just something that the thousands of daily human tourists have taught them
ktq2019 on
Walked into a zoo bird enclosure where Mr. Shoebill was extra caged up. Apparently my son didn’t do the hippogriff bow correctly because after we all turned around (the adults) he went straight for my son and rammed the little enclosure thing so hard it left a dent. The guy would have probably taken my son’s face off if able to.
Next time we go to the zoo, I am going to teach them this maneuver just in case.
hatecriminal on
Confident_R817 on
This was in the Hairy Pothead books, innit?
Interesting-Dare-294 on
Toruk Makto?
wolfgangweird on
Old Shoe
TheLazy_Guitarist on
Black_RL on
Nature is amazing when it’s not terrifying!
Harold-TF_1851 on
ExtentHeavy8084 on
Fun fact: they have enough power to snap your head off
Greedy-Razzmatazz930 on
Shoebill storks are my favourite bird. They’re so dorky and they sound and look like dinosaurs.
Due-Two-6592 on
Shoebill reddit: humans stroke the ones they like, if they stroke you it means you’ve become their friend
Meddy020 on
I don’t want to be close enough to find out if it won’t bow to me so no thanks
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Arigato gozaimasu
Shoebill has accepted your friend request.
Buckbeak?
What happens to you if it doesn’t bow?
Also they sound like how I imagine dinosaurs sound
Sirius Black escaping his death sentence on an African Shoebill.
https://preview.redd.it/8f39s1gehq6g1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35a2c376188243e325ab74c5e4826bb20fe1f365
Not saying this is bullshit, but… it sounds like bullshit.
It’s like the deer in the templegrounds of Nara in Japan – supposedly, they “bow” because they’re oh-so-polite, but it’s just something that the thousands of daily human tourists have taught them
Walked into a zoo bird enclosure where Mr. Shoebill was extra caged up. Apparently my son didn’t do the hippogriff bow correctly because after we all turned around (the adults) he went straight for my son and rammed the little enclosure thing so hard it left a dent. The guy would have probably taken my son’s face off if able to.
Next time we go to the zoo, I am going to teach them this maneuver just in case.
This was in the Hairy Pothead books, innit?
Toruk Makto?
Old Shoe
Nature is amazing when it’s not terrifying!
Fun fact: they have enough power to snap your head off
Shoebill storks are my favourite bird. They’re so dorky and they sound and look like dinosaurs.
Shoebill reddit: humans stroke the ones they like, if they stroke you it means you’ve become their friend
I don’t want to be close enough to find out if it won’t bow to me so no thanks
