k Marabou stork with terrapin prey Marabou stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus killing and eating a Marsh TerrapinSidenecked Terrapin Pelomedusa subrufa, which it had caught at the waterhole. This large stork mostly specialises in scavenging, competing with vultures for carcasses and human rubbish. However, it also takes live prey such as fish, rats, small and young birds and terrapins. It roosts and nests in colonies. The marabou stork, which is around 150 centimetres tall, is found in subSaharan Africa. Photographed at the Moringa waterhole, adjacent to the Halali restcamp, in Etosha National Park, Namibia., Photo by TONY CAMACHOSCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Stock Photo - Afloimages
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Marabou stork with terrapin prey Marabou stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus killing and eating a Marsh Terrapin Side necked Terrapin Pelomedusa subrufa , which it had caught at the waterhole. This large stork mostly specialises in scavenging, competing with vultures for carcasses and human rubbish. However, it also takes live prey such as fish, rats, small and young birds and terrapins. It roosts and nests in colonies. The marabou stork, which is around 150 centimetres tall, is found in sub Saharan Africa. Photographed at the Moringa waterhole, adjacent to the Halali restcamp, in Etosha National Park, Namibia., Photo by TONY CAMACHO SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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Marabou stork with terrapin prey

Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) killing and eating a Marsh Terrapin/Side-necked Terrapin (Pelomedusa subrufa), which it had caught at the waterhole. This large stork mostly specialises in scavenging, competing with vultures for carcasses and human rubbish. However, it also takes live prey such as fish, rats, small and young birds and terrapins. It roosts and nests in colonies. The marabou stork, which is around 150 centimetres tall, is found in sub-Saharan Africa. Photographed at the Moringa waterhole, adjacent to the Halali restcamp, in Etosha National Park, Namibia., Photo by TONY CAMACHO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

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