Common Name: Marabou Stork Scientific Name: Leptoptilos crumeniferus Photographer: Calvin J. Hamilton Copyright: © 2003 Calvin J. Hamilton Date: 2003/06/16 Location: Washington D.C.

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The Marabou stork's diet consists primarly of dead animals including fish, insects, birds, frogs, and rodents. It's featherless head stays clean even while it tears apart the carcus of a dead animal. The stork can kill animals as big as flamingos. An adult bird can reach 4 to 5 feet in height.