Hallan “Hipogrifo de Harry Potter” en la vida real (VIDEO)

A través de Twitter el fotógrafo Mark Williams dio a conocer un video donde se puede apreciar una extraña ave en peligro de extinción ya que se conoce que solamente existen 2 mil 500 ejemplares.

 

 

 

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Most videos of the shoebill are of captive birds in a zoo. Here I had to go to Uganda to find this one in the wild and natural habitat. After arriving at sunrise one morning and locating him on the shores of Lake Victoria I proceeded to spend the next few hours in the reed beds to observe and capture many images including this iPhone video. They're almost prehistoric in appearance and it's amazing they haven't gone the way of the Dodo due to mans shortsighted acts over history. They're's now approx 2500 remaining and most are found in Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. For ages this modern day dinosaur just stood deep in the reed beds like a stone statue and I had no means to close the distance between us so I patiently waited. Suddenly it broke away from its trance like state of patiently waiting and hunting and proceeded to walk right in my direction totally ignoring me and my guides in the canoe. Funny how not enough focal length suddenly turns into too much focal length so quickly. After getting many images of him from full body down to just head shots I put down my camera and pulled out my iPhone to capture the moment. Hope you like the glimpse into this modern day dinosaur behaviour and natural habitat. #kings_birds_ #birdfreaks #total_birds #eye_spy_birds #planet_birds #feather_perfection #perfect_birds #your_best_birds #bird_brilliance #birdextreme #nuts_about_birds #bestbirdshots #best_birds_of_instagram #birds_private #birds_of_instagram #birds_adored #planetbirds #ig_discover_birdslife #naturelite #natgeowild #bbcearth #shoebillstork #beak #stork #unusualanimals #birds #bird #wildlifeperfection #wildbird

Una publicación compartida por Mark Williams (@falcnr) el 25 de Jul de 2019 a las 12:08 PDT

El picozapato puede llegar a medir 1 metro y medio de alto y pesar hasta 6 kilos, la apariencia de esta ave es tan extraña que las personas que la han visto la han comparado con el Hipogrifo de la saga de películas de Harry Potter.

En el video se le puede apreciar caminar tranquilamente entre unas cañas buscando una presa ignorando totalmente al fotógrafo.

Williams señala que no es común ver al picozapato en la vida silvestre y que la mayoría de los especímenes se encuentran en zoológicos, por lo que encontrar al picozapato fue un verdadero milagro.