Shoebills

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of shoebill form-of, plural

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balaeniceps rexmagpieshoebirdwhaleheadwhalehead

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"If decaying vegetation accumulates quickly on the bottom or temperatures change in unfavorable ways, water can quickly become depleted in oxygen. This forces prey to the surface to breathe, giving shoebills an opportunity to strike."

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