A possible scene at Liang Bua around 70 000 years ago. A giant marabou stork challenges a juvenile Komodo dragon for access to the carcass of a dwarf proboscidean while other giant marabou storks, ...
Taxonomy Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Aves Ciconiiformes Ciconiidae Metadata Usage CC0 ...
The African marabou (Leptoptilos crumenifer) is a scavenger bird that frequents wetlands in South Africa.
Explore whether giant storks coexisted peacefully with Homo floresiensis or hunted them, delving into Leptoptilos robustus' predatory role. At about 6 feet in height, the great stork would have stood ...