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  1. A shoebill or whale-headed stork is a large, 
  2. grey, long-legged, swamp-dwelling African 
  3. BIRD Balaeniceps rex. Up to 1╜m (5ft) tall, 
  4. it has a large wide beak 20cm (8inches) long, 
  5. with which it scoops fish, molluscs, 
  6. reptiles, and carrion out of the mud.
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  8. Subject by: Shaun Jay
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