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Yellow-billed stork - Mycteria ibis Pairi Daiza, Aug 2009.<br /> Interesting fact: what seems to be a knee bending backwards is in fact an ankle in birds! Belgium,Geotagged,Mycteria ibis,Summer,Yellow-billed stork Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Yellow-billed stork - Mycteria ibis

Pairi Daiza, Aug 2009.
Interesting fact: what seems to be a knee bending backwards is in fact an ankle in birds!

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    It looks like its kneeling, but backwards. Posted 3 years ago
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      It is kneeling in fact but birds just kneel the opposite way compared to us :-D now that you mention it I have to look more info on this tomorrow :-) Posted 3 years ago
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        Really?! I had no idea. Thanks for the info ;) Posted 3 years ago
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          Actually I checked and I was wrong, this is not the knee! Check these articles: https://www.skeletaldrawing.com/home/2011/09/um-hey-scientific-american-bird-knees.html
          https://www.quora.com/Why-do-flamingo-knees-bend-forwards
          It is actually an ankle! I have also learned in the process! :-)           Posted 3 years ago
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            Oh wow! That's so cool. Posted 3 years ago

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The Yellow-billed stork

The yellow-billed stork, sometimes also called the wood stork or wood ibis, is a large African wading stork species in the family Ciconiidae. It is widespread in regions south of the Sahara and also occurs in Madagascar.

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Uploaded Jan 3, 2022. Captured Aug 24, 2009 12:04 in HVPP+2W Brugelette, Belgium.
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  • Canon PowerShot S3 IS
  • f/3.5
  • 1/1002s
  • 19.1mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.