Shoebill Ruby Rogers

This is a very inspiring and remarkable animal that I instantly loved when I was learning about Zambia.

This bird inherits its name from its enormous shoe-shaped bill.They evolved from dinosaurs hundreds of millions of years ago.As many birds evolved and adapted,so did their teeth tipped snouts which turned into beaks. Sadly the population of these animals is decreasing.‘The International Union for the Conservation of Nature’ estimates that there are only between 3,300 and 5,300 adult shoebills left.They are sustained on a healthy diet of small and aquatic prey such as lungfish,bichirs,tilapia and water snakes.