#maribou stork

[great-and-small]

sip sip sip sip sip sip sip sip

[jandby]

Although we spent as much time on the Chobe River as possible, we did go on one early morning game drive - well worth it. The first sights were the lions, ignoring us as they padded around the jeep, steadily heading somewhere, probably to the river for their morning routine.

[pktechgirlus]

Maribou Stork

Photo: LDeans

[magess]

They're going camping in the woods because Lee thinks it's fun and everyone should learn some survival skills. They find a good spot to make a fire, not far from a stream.

The tent is ready.

The fire crackles and pops from young sappy wood.

Night's come on with a half-full moon, just enough to make dancing shadows as the wind moves the leaves. Keiko sits feeding sticks to the flames. Billy is propped against a tree stump, feet stretched toward the fire. Lee rummages around, one ear toward the darkness.

Billy starts to tell a story about one of his trips to Africa, mostly Kenya and Ngorongoro. Lee drifts closer, into the circle of light, hands him a can of beer that he'd stashed in his pack without telling anyone, and lays down, using Billy's leg for a pillow. Bill grins at him but keeps talking about the people he saw, the stories he heard. The time he thought a lion was going to eat him.

Without even really thinking about it, he starts playing with Lee's hair while he spins the tales. And then just rubbing his scalp, slow and rhythmic. Lee shuts his eyes, listening. Entranced. The sensation and the sound of his voice hypnotic. He doesn't fall asleep, but he seems caught between utterly relaxed and completely alert.

Billy's voice stops. His hand falls away. Lee opens his eyes and peers up at him.

"You missed the best part," Bill grouses at him, and he frowns.

"No, I didn't."

"You were asleep."

"I wasn't asleep."

Billy narrows his eyes.

"What was the last thing I said?"

"The Maribou stork at the hotel restaurant's beak was so big he had to eat rice one grain at a time."

"Huh."

Billy looks down at him thoughtfully and runs his fingers through Lee's hair again. Lee's eyes close automatically, his spine melting toward the forest floor, and a new story begins.

[artsy-hobbitses]

You mentioned that you have your win list of fursonas of the TTB cast? So do you mind sharing what Omar and Morgan furry self would be?

AUTOBOTS

Optimus: Simurgh (Cheating, basically a legendary cryptid but fits him very well considering his experience and the whole Matrix deal) OR Baluchistan black bear.

Minimus Ambus: Dhole

Jazz: Silver fox

Prowl: Tiger

HotRod: Jack Russell Terrier (See Ratchet: Not quite ready to fight god energy, but sure as hell ready to yark god's ear off)

Ironhide: Texas Longhorn

Ratchet: Wolverine (Needed prime "charged up and ready to fight god" energy)

Bumblebee: Hare (BUT FIRST THEY MUST CATCH YOU)

Mirage: Stag (Funnier still that he marries Hound)

Blurr: King Cheetah

Lambo Twins: Stallions

Kup: Snow Leopard

Whirl: Shoebill or Maribou stork

Windblade: Secretary Bird or Japanese crane

Drift: Hokkaido-inu or Hokkaido wolf

Strongarm: German Shepherd

Chromia: Lioness

Lightbright: Nightingale or Muntjac doe

Blaster: White Bellbird or Bulldog bat

Alpha Trion: Markhor

Megatron: Ovcharka dog

Shockwave: Peacock (as a Senator)

Starscream: Caracal or Peregrine falcon

Skywarp: Saker Falcon

Thundercracker: Ibizian hound or Spanish Imperial Eagle

Soundwave: Fruit Bat

Barricade: Pit Bull

[thunderstruck9]

Richard Müller (German, 1874-1954), Der dreiste Freier [The Brazen Suitor], 1921. Oil on canvas, 90.1 x 71.9 cm.

[hellodenisestuff]

Week 2 at Naboisho conservancy

STARTING WITH THE 27TH SEPT……

MORNING DRIVE SAW 14 LIONS SOME ADULTS AND SOME SUB ADULTS AND CUBS ALL CAVORTING ACROSS THE PLAINS HEADING FOR THE BRUSH AND DAYTIME NAP WITH FULL BELLIES.

[linseedling]

bits and bobs from my twitter

[foulserpent]

apologies to anyone who was online last night while i was spamming obnoxious completely incoherent drunk posts about baby maribou storks btw

[xivu-arath]

toronto zoo part 2

(birbs edition)

also starring a mountain goat that gleefully broke into its feeder and wedged itself in to eat

[argotspeak]

I believe this is more or less self-explanatory. Me: Victory. Prose-thieving Notification Automatons: Naught.

Ok. Maybe not so self-explanatory. So. Here.

Semi-cosmic “Naught” tie-in.

[melovez]

Idk if this has been asked before but what are the tnc characters favorite animals?

since there are many characters i will pick and choose the ones that are more interesting...

slender and fender both have an attachment to wolves. probably because both feel a connection to the unfair villainization of a whole species because of the actions of a small few

splendor considers humans his favorite animal. he doesn’t realize that’s a really weird way to look at humans

trender doesn’t really think about animals unless they’re ones he’s scared of. and there’s a good few of those

jeff actually liked huskies way before he met smile dog. her disguise form being a husky was just a plus

casey has encyclopedic animal knowledge and has three different favorite animals based on habitat. starfish are his favorite water animal, komodo dragons are his favorite land animal, and maribou storks are his favorite bird

eyeless jack has an attachment to bully breed dogs because his parents had one when he was little and that dog was like the 1 thing he liked about living with his parents before shit hit the fan and he had to move in with his grandparents

the widow’s favorite animals are actually mantises, not black widow spiders. both make slender for her though lol

misty and sally both specifically love animals that are frowned upon for little girls to be handling. like toads and rats and such. misty is better at catching those than sally is though cuz she has ghost powers

wilderman loves all animals but if you were holding him at gunpoint making him choose he would say american possums. he likes their style more than australian possums despite the fact he’s from australia and has a heavy bias for his home lmao

[devilsrecreation]

Alright, so something I think ya’ll should know if you don’t already…

So I learned that the Undertaker

isn’t a crow (which I thought he was) but this thing:

That’s a Maribou Stork AKA the Undertaker bird. They’re scavengers (which is how they got their nickname), highly aggressive, and territorial….and the muppet writers and producers made him a bad guy (He’s a pirate in MTI and was one of Old Joe’s henchmen in MCC)

The muppet staff KNEW what they were doing

[alexanderhaydenjamessmith]

Some of the books I got through this year. Happy to finally get the #Gormenghast trilogy under my belt. Also finally got around to #Crash - my final #Ballard. The most exquisite pornography I've ever read, and I read Maribou Stork Nightmares at 14. #jgballard #mervynpeake #johnosborne #michaelmoorcock #benarronovitch #andynyman #jeffcoombs (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJeVqXfnzx2/?igshid=duwwh38a5cx9

[jessiewre]

Lake Nakuru animals, check out the maribou stork with a FISH IN ITS NECK 🐟

[sixba]

Somebody once told Simba that babies are made through kissing. He's believed it pretty much ever since cause Maribou storks don't go flying around with baby bundles either...