The Lightning Bird, The Hamerkop
<p>The bird is commonly named the Hamerkop. It is an Afrikaans name directly translated to Hammerhead. This is as a result of the bird having a head…you guessed it, shaped like a hammer. It is near-endemic to Africa occurring South of the Sahara desert down towards the Southernmost point of South Africa, Madagascar, and a small area on the Arabian south coast. It is the only member of the genus Scopus and the bird family Scopidae. They are waders, standing in the shallows near the water’s edge hunting for food which include Platannas (clawed frogs), tadpoles, small aquatic invertebrates, and fish. As a species’ the Hamerkop is a monogamous bird and the male and female combine to build a nest the size of a washing machine by gathering grass, mud, old tires and pretty much anything else they can get hold of to construct their cozy love pad.</p>
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