When a shoebill comes to greet you, it sounds like a gunfight just broke out.

[Nevilledog]

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[Ferrets are Cool]

1. That is amazing.

[Solly Mack]

2. Full feathered jacket! Dino-Bird!

[Nevilledog]

11. ...

[BunnyMcGee]

15. To borrow from Bugs Bunny

"Of course you realize, this means WAR!"

[Solly Mack]

18. Awesome bird!

More than a little scary though.

[Bev54]

3. Would certainly have me diving for cover.

[NJCher]

4. hah!

This is amazing--I have never seen or heard of a bird making sounds like this!

It reminds me of something that happened the other day. I was in my car and I had a new speaker for my iPhone on. I stopped to type into my phone for directions and did not realize the "typing sound" that was on sounded like bullets, just like on this clip.

I thought someone was shooting at me! I wondered if I should duck. Hey this is what mass shootings every day will get you.

[keithbvadu2]

5. Glad they are not aggressive

Shoebill storks are very docile with humans. Researchers studying these birds have been able to come within 6 feet of a shoebill stork on its nest. The shoebill stork will not threaten humans, but will only stare right back at them.

https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk0205H9E3VljVBYjTrYxHKOV67hqYQ:1622602706371&q=Are+Shoebills+dangerous%3F&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjOtbKP-vfwAhWTKFkFHQZ7B6IQzmd6BAhpEAg&biw=938&bih=439

[Hoyt]

6. Those are the coolest birds. Love seeing videos.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

7. How cool!

[3catwoman3]

8. Damn - that looks like something out of...

...Jurassic Park.

[ShazzieB]

14. It looks like something that was cobbled together out of spare parts

by someone who was drunk or stoned at the time!

I love it, though. I love strange looking critters in general, and this thing definitely qualifies.

[SergeStorms]

9. Holy christ!

If I saw something like that walking toward me, making that noise, I think I'd completely flip out.

That is a very strange looking bird (it is a bird, right?).

[Cracklin Charlie]

10. That...

Is a dinosaur.

I bet he could scare away the three owls that like to fight in my tree every night at midnight.

[AllaN01Bear]

12. dont play this at an nra convention , or better yet do.

can i use this to annoy my downstairs neighbor. esp at 0300 am.

[ShazzieB]

13. I had to mute the sound about halfway into it.

My cat was freaking out so bad I just had to make that noise stop!

But wow, that was incredible. I wonder how that bird can produce that sound. I would never have imagined a bird could sound like that!

[BootinUp]

16. More shoebill, cleared for landing

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Coolest bird I think I’ve ever seen.

[Nevilledog]

17. Very cool!

[BobTheSubgenius]

19. What a clever bit of anticipatory evolution!!!

This bird decided to evolve the sound of automatic weapons fire for the day when that would be a thing.