Obverse: eagle and rooster, each with its own crown within an inscription. Reverse: birds led by a stork within a circle, Toledo, Holland, Charles V of Habsburg (German emperor and king of Spain), Frans I of Valois-Angoulême (king of France), Court of Audit of Holland, anonymous, Netherlands, 1539, copper (metal), striking (metalworking), d 2.7 cm × w 3.92 Treaty of Toledo between Charles V, German Emperor and French I, King of France, counting medal of the Court of Audit of Holland, Copper medal.
Treaty of Toledo between Charles V, German Emperor and French I, King of France, counting medal of the Court of Audit of Holland, Copper medal.
Bodleian Libraries, Jupiter Bonney granting unto the Dutch frogs a king Jupiter Bon granting unto the Dutch frogs a king. The reference is to Aesop's fable of the frogs who accept a stork as their king, only to be eaten by him. (British political cartoon) A satire on Holland's acceptance of Louis Bonaparte as king, on the order of Napoleon. Bodleian Libraries, Jupiter Bonney granting unto the Dutch frogs a king. Engraved and printed in colours by Walter Crane, Lucy Crane, and Edmund Evans, Published in 1899
Engraved and printed in colours by Walter Crane, Lucy Crane, and Edmund Evans, Published in 1899 King Log and King Stork from Triplets : comprising, The baby's opera, The baby's bouquet, and The baby's own Æsop ( Aesp ) being the fables condensed in rhyme with portable morals pictorially pointed by Walter Crane. King Log and King Stork from Triplets : comprising, The baby's opera, The baby's bouquet, and The baby's own Æsop ( Aesp ) being the fables condensed in rhyme with portable morals pictorially pointed by Walter Crane. On the left a figure of Pickleherring, the clown, raising his arms in the background two images, on the left showing Aesop's fable 'The Frogs and King Stork', on the right a state proclamation taking place in a courtyard with the arms of the Commonwealth above an arch. Richard Cromwell (centre) is shown as a cooper wearing a lion's skin, with copper's tools at his feet, destroying with a hammer a barrel from which bespectacled owls carrying burning candles escape. A Dutch broadside satirising Richard Cromwell, c1659. Shoebills also happen to be one of the most popularly collected birds in Africa, so there should always be at least a few members of this species for us to appreciate.A Dutch broadside satirising Richard Cromwell, c1659. They're most easily distinguishable by their bulbous beaks, which are often straw colored. They are large birds, and have been observed at sizes approaching 5 feet tall (152 centimeters) and 16 pounds (7.2 kilograms) in weight.
Due to habitat destruction, there are less than 8,000 members of this species left, with protection efforts in full force to keep them alive. The shoebills are solitary creatures, and never hunt near other specimens, maintaining a distance of around 66 ft (20 meters) from other hunting individuals of their species. It tends to stand very still for long periods of the time atop the water and wait for prey to come to it, so its methods are sometimes disturbed by other species more violent motions. It catches prey through tactile hunting, using its sharp bill to launch quick strikes into the water and impaling prey. Its population usually coincides with populations of lungfish, which are one of its chief sources of nutrition along with tilapia, catfish, baby crocodiles, frogs, water snakes, and other small aquatic species. The shoebill is one of the more widely seen birds on the African continent despite its status as vulnerable to extinction.