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Northern Bald Ibises

Geronticus eremita

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Description:

The London Zoo has spread over a neighbouring channel, creating an area in which a bunch of birds are housed. Some in cages, some in the huge Snowdon Aviary. It houses some cranes, some ducks, green pheasants, buzzards – and Northern Bald Ibises (Geronticus eremita). Ugly-looking birds with a sad history of extinction in Europe.

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London zoo

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Comments (6)

Awesome bird & sadly critically endangered. There is an interesting article about them here http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2008/04/13/guardian-evolutionary-snobbery-against-bald-iris/
Ugly is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose. Unique yes, but I don't think this bird is ugly at all.
He was probably the inspration for some of the punk type hairstyles of today.

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PublishedMarch 24, 2013

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