Whalehead

The shoebill, whalehead or boatbill, as it is sometimes called, is one of Africa's strangest and rarest endemics.

The strong north winds pile the sands up into great barchannes or medanoes, crescentic sand dunes known locally as whaleheads, which are moving steadily southward.

Huge dunes, called “whaleheads” by locals, developed on Hatteras during this time and swept across the island.