The shoebill also known as whalehead, whale-headed stork, or shoe-billed stork, is a very large stork-like bird. It derives its name from its enormous shoe-shaped bill. It has a somewhat stork-like overall form.
Shoebill storks are very docile with humans.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature estimates that there are only between 3,300 and 5,300 adult shoebills left in the world, and the population is going down.

Shoebills are so badass that they eat crocodiles. Yep, here is an African bird that hunts snakes, monitor lizards and crocodiles.

ZooTampa is home to three of only four shoebill storks in the United States. The birds can reach 5 feet in height and are classified as vulnerable, with only 3,300 to 3,500 mature shoebills still living in the wild.

These birds are not always friendly to each other, and in fact, they may attack each other sometimes without much warning. When two birds in the same nest are still young, they are prone to beating each other up. One may even kill the other in some instances, and this is not all that uncommon among shoebills.

These prehistoric-looking birds may seem like absolute monsters that you need to look out for if you're ever in...I dunno, the swamps of East Africa? But they're actually pretty docile to humans. Researchers studying these birds have been able to come within 6 feet of a shoebill stork on its nest. The shoebill stork will not threaten humans, but will only stare right back at them.
And the best thing? They bow! Like a shoebill in the Uganda Wildlife Education Center who bowed back towards the visitors who bowed at him!
Also that Animalogic video is way more amazing at explaining their info than I am, so consider watching it if you wanna know more, haha.