Featured Martin Brothers bird come to life

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  1. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    I had no idea that the ugly birds the Martin Brothers made were based on a real bird. Holy moly! It's an African Shoebill. And it's gigantic! fa975034079459489a27fbf2f5120833.jpg The-Shoebill.jpg vn5Xw2n.png
     
    Bev aka thelmasstuff, Aug 31, 2018
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  2. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Heckle or Jeckle? Love it.
     
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  3. pearlsnblume

    pearlsnblume Well-Known Member

    That thing is huge. Maybe taller than me?
     
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  4. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    It may not stand taller, but can probably reach over your head with that beak!
     
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  5. SBSVC

    SBSVC Well-Known Member

    In the last photo, it almost looks like a pterodactyl!
     
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  6. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    nature in all it's glory & beauty.....:happy:
     
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  7. silverthwait

    silverthwait Well-Known Member

    How have I never seen that thing before??!! And who are the Martin Brothers?!

    Duh...
     
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  8. silverthwait

    silverthwait Well-Known Member

    Just looked it up...it can actually get to 6 feet tall.

    It would dwarf me! And it makes the oddest noises...
     
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  9. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    no otter than I make !!!:beaver::beaver::singing::singing:
     
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  10. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Do you sing while you beaver away?
     
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  11. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    I covet a couple of things. A Martin Brothers bird and a Doulton Pushkin. (sigh)
     
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  12. rhiwfield

    rhiwfield Well-Known Member

    Still recall Sandon and his Wally bird on Antiques Road Show :)
     
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  13. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    The Martin Brothers bird looks like it has indigestion.
     
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  14. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    All Martin Brothers birds look like they have indigestion.
     
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  15. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Ornis dyspepsia?
     
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  16. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

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  17. Walter Del Pellegrino

    Walter Del Pellegrino Well-Known Member

    The last Martin Brothers Shoebill sold at auction in 2013 for 21,000 English pounds (27,300 U.S. dollars) and that example was broken and re-glued. Wooley and Wallace Auction House. Original cost in 1885 was 3.30 pounds.
     
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  18. Cronker

    Cronker Active Member

    I remember the one on UK Antiques Roadshow where it was originally thought to be real, but turned out to be a fake.
    The punter was gutted.
     
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  19. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

    I have seen the live version in person (Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa Florida).

    They are as startling as you might think. And fabulous.
     
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