#ibis birds

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American White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)

Taken at South Patrick Community Park in Satellite Beach, FL

[havemyoldusername]

I still can’t get over the fact that someone at buzzfeed thought an Ibis was a pigeon...

[waw1x]

MAN I LOVE IBIS BIRDS !!!!!! THEY ARE SO GOOFY LOOKING BUT ALSO BEAUTIFUL

IT'S MIGRATING SEASON FOR THE IBIS AT MY ZONE SO THERE ARE TROOPS OF IBIS FLYING OVER MY HOUSE AND THEY ARE SO- 💘🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺💗🥺💗💘💗💘💘 !!!!!!!!!!

IBIS IBIS IBIS IBIS IBIS IBIS IBIS

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Save the Giant IBIS Birds- Friend of the Earth

IBIS are birds with long legs and long-down curved bills which are used to explore mud for getting food. All the 42 extant species are aerial and they mostly live monogamous life. The Critically Endangered giant ibis is the largest IBIS in the world. Unsustainable agriculture and hunting are among the major cause of the Ibis Population decline. Friend of the Earth promote sustainable agriculture, farming & fashion. 

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The but factor

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Egyptians gave ibis birds a packed lunch for the afterlife

Ancient Egyptians paid special attention to the organs of their dead, embalming them so they would continue to function in the afterlife. Now it seems they did the same for sacrificed ibis birds, and even packed their stomachs with food so they wouldn't go hungry.

Ibis mummies are found in their millions at shrines in Egypt, where they were sacrificed to Thoth, the god of writing and wisdom. Andrew Wade at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, and his colleagues used a CT scanner to look inside two mummified adult ibises and one hatchling. This revealed that embalmers had removed their internal organs. The adult gizzards, complete with snail shells which may have come from the birds' last meals, were then replaced. The hatchling's body cavity had been stuffed with grain. Read more.