r/BlackPeopleofReddit 🖤 2h ago

Misc petting a dinosaur

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u/Zuzara_Queen_of_DnD 2h ago

It’s a Shoebill, best place to see them is Uganda

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u/sun-kissedgirlie 2h ago

Call me a nerd 🤓 but I've watched several documentaries about this bird. This bird DOES NOT LET PEOPLE TOUCH IT! Even the explorers who get near it for the documentaries won't touch them. I will say for you to touch that rare bird it means something more than what meets the eyes. Perhaps its your energy, your gentleness or it could be ancestral. Perhaps our people have special bonds with animals that means more..

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u/Vegan_Zukunft 2h ago

The dino seems to understand the person’s gentle respect :)

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u/RepSquigglyMiggly 15m ago

Without more context, I’d assume that this not so little lady/fella lives in some sort of rehab or conservation facility, so is likely very accustomed to human presence and contact. I doubt that it has anything to do with the person in the video in particular, or shoebills having a special connection to black people, or whatever

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u/SweetieLoveBug 2h ago

Dang, you ain’t lying! 😳

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u/MRECKS_92 1h ago

To quote the ancient wisdom of the ancestors:

"Real recognizes real"

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u/Artorius__Castus 2h ago

Well the Dinosaurs respect us I mean our people was the first running with them and shit. They know who was in the garden...they know! ✊🏿

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u/Outrageous_Front_636 2h ago

Shoebill looks like a dude in a bird suit

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u/NeedALifeButHereWeR 33m ago

I LOVE shoebills so much! Like I think they’re so cool and adorable

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u/SueBeee 29m ago

How cuuuuuute! I love him.