Marabou stork swallowing fish in front of a blue metal fence
Marabou stork swallowing fish in front of a blue metal fence. Ethiopia. The marabou species is a carnivore. Most of their food comes from scavenging. They feed on most varieties of live and dead prey including lizards, frogs, insects, rats, mice, birds, fish, crocodile eggs, young crocodiles and snakes. Hunting marabou storks have been known to follow vultures and wait for them to drop some meat. They will also co-locate with large mammals. As these walk they throw up insects which the stork can then eat. Due to the creation of more and more dumps across Africa this bird’s population has expanded due to the amount of carrion available there. Africa is the native home of the marabou stork. They can be found throughout Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Maurita
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Location: Lake Hawassa, Ethiopia, Africa
Photo credit: © davidxgreen / Alamy / Afripics
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