Esther

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Posted: 26 Jan 2018


Taken: 06 Aug 2017

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1/800 f/11.0 450.0 mm ISO 800

Canon EOS 70D

TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011

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Sweetwaters
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Africa
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sacred
ibis
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Threskiornis
aethiopicus


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African Sacred Ibis

African Sacred Ibis
"Venerated and often mummified by Ancient Egyptians as a symbol of the god Thoth, the ibis was, according to Herodotus and Pliny the Elder, also invoked against incursions of winged serpents. Herodotus wrote:

There is a region moreover in Arabia, situated nearly over against the city of Buto, to which place I came to inquire about the winged serpents: and when I came thither I saw bones of serpents and spines in quantity so great that it is impossible to make report of the number, and there were heaps of spines, some heaps large and others less large and others smaller still than these, and these heaps were many in number.

The region in which the spines are scattered upon the ground is of the nature of an entrance from a narrow mountain pass to a great plain, which plain adjoins the plain of Egypt; and the story goes that at the beginning of spring winged serpents from Arabia fly towards Egypt, and the birds called ibises meet them at the entrance of this country and do not suffer the serpents to go by but kill them. On account of this deed it is (say the Arabians) that the ibis has come to be greatly honored by the Egyptians, and the Egyptians also agree that it is for this reason that they honor these birds.

In more mythical stories, it was also said that the flies that brought pestilence died immediately upon propitiatory sacrifices of this bird"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_sacred_ibis

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Roland Platteau, Marie-claire Gallet, , cammino and 3 other people have particularly liked this photo


6 comments - The latest ones
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Exceptional capture!

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6 years ago.
 Rainer Blankermann
Rainer Blankermann
Beautiful captured. I didn't know this bird.Thank you for sharing .
6 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
Thanks, William, Rainer and Larry.
6 years ago.
 Marie-claire Gallet
Marie-claire Gallet
Phenomenal capture, Esther ***************
6 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
Thanks, Marie-claire.
6 years ago.

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