African jacana chick in Chobe National Park, Botswana
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African jacana chick in Chobe National Park, Botswana
This African jacana chick is doing something it saw its parents do: Walk across the lily pads and other floating vegetation in the shallow sub-Saharan lakes that African jacanas favor. At a glance, it may appear that the bird is walking on water, which earned this insect-eater a nickname: the ‘Jesus bird.'
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