African Sacred Ibis
Threskiornis aethiopicus
Threskiornis aethiopicus
|
African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus |
|
|||
| Home | Alphabetical | Taxonomic | Comments | ||
 |
|
|
|||
Ancient Egyptians considered the Sacred Ibis sacred because they recognized they could bathe where these birds feed without becoming sick even though they did not know the reason: the ibis eats the snail that is the intermediate host for the human disease called schistosomiasis. |
||||
 |
||||
 |
_______________________________________________________ |