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marabou stork

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Noun1.marabou stork - large African black-and-white carrion-eating storkmarabou stork - large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments
Leptoptilus crumeniferus, marabou, marabout
marabou - the downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments
stork - large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage
genus Leptoptilus, Leptoptilus - adjutant birds and marabous
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And, when the marabou stork arrives ready to feed, there's a sense that this is one of the great cartoon villains playing up for the cameras.
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Shot in Tanzania, East Africa, we see how the birds arrive at Lake Natron and face an almost immediate struggle to find a mate, hatch an egg and then protect their young from Marabou storks and hyenas.
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And boy, is the marabou stork the personification of evil.
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