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Shoebill Storks look like something from "The Dark Crystal"
Shoebill Chick Reveals Darkside - Africa - BBC
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They really look like dinosaurs or something.




I loooove them.
I'm also a big fan of Marabou Storks (who have been listed on many an ugliest animal list).
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Shoebill Storks look like the product of a Disney Imagineer going through some dark times....
Dino-Skeksis!
Heeee Skeksis.
I have that sitting in my to watch pile presently. Really should...
It's one of those horrific "kids movies". I love and hate it. Dramatically, narratively, it's a mess because Jim Henson cared more about "world building" than "dramatic structure".
I have seen it. Purchased it as part of my nostalgia binge.