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If you’ve seen the viral video of the large shoebill bird landing on a boat in Africa’s Mabamba Swamp, you might be asking yourself if such a prehistoric-looking, seemingly giant bird could be real.

Shoebills inhabit East African swamps, where the "dinosaur birds" maintain an iconic presence but are not always easy to locate. When shoebills are spotted they’re often motionless in hunting mode, ...