Korean Zookeepers Tasked With Taking Care Of A Living Dinosaur—And It Was Hungry
On an SBS program, zookeepers were should trying to appease a living dinosaur… the shoebill pelican!
Your browser does not support video.Source: SBS TV동물농장x애니멀봐/YouTubeThe species is named after its bill, which is shaped like a shoe. This shoebill, in particular, is still in its youth.
Your browser does not support video.Source: SBS TV동물농장x애니멀봐/YouTubeAccording to the zookeeper, shoebills are the rarest descendants of dinosaurs.
Your browser does not support video.Source: SBS TV동물농장x애니멀봐/YouTubeTheir first attempt at feeding the shoebill doesn’t go well, as he simply isn’t interested in the fish they offer him.
Your browser does not support video.Source: SBS TV동물농장x애니멀봐/YouTubeHe straight up refused to eat fish from Korea!
Your browser does not support video.Source: SBS TV동물농장x애니멀봐/YouTubeEven when they offered him a new, more lively meal of live frogs, he just wasn’t having it!
Your browser does not support video.Source: SBS TV동물농장x애니멀봐/YouTubeThe zookeepers were in a difficult position. After all, when a living dinosaur is in your care, you have to do your best to make sure he thrives! With that in mind, they special ordered polypterus fish from Africa, which is where the shoebill is from.
Your browser does not support video.Source: SBS TV동물농장x애니멀봐/YouTubeThe fish, which cost roughly $200 USD each, appeared to entice the shoebill as he drooled just ever so slightly.
Your browser does not support video.Source: SBS TV동물농장x애니멀봐/YouTubeBecause shoebills are hunters, they have a specific method in which they catch their food, which is that they wait until their prey comes up for air before striking.
Your browser does not support video.Source: SBS TV동물농장x애니멀봐/YouTubeAfter staring at his prey intently for three hours (no joke), the shoebill finally goes in for the kill.
Your browser does not support video.Source: SBS TV동물농장x애니멀봐/YouTubeBest $200 ever spent? Well… the shoebill probably thinks so!
Your browser does not support video.Source: SBS TV동물농장x애니멀봐/YouTubeWatch the whole video below to see how they solved other dilemmas in trying to appease their living dinosaur friend!
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