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Social media users in Greece were
left scratching their heads after a picture of a scary flying animal resembling
a scene from Jurassic Park went viral.
The enormous-looking avian was
photographed on Wednesday near Crete’s Ierapetra.
The initial excitement of what
some believed to be a sighting of a prehistoric bird was dampened when it later
emerged through new photos that the bird in question was a heron.
The herons are long-legged
freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae, with 64 recognized
species, some of which are referred to as egrets or bitterns rather than
herons.
Although herons resemble birds in
some other families, such as the storks, ibises, spoonbills, and cranes, they
differ from these in flying with their necks retracted, not outstretched.
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