heir scientific name Laptoptilos cruminifer comes from Arabic murabit, which means quiet - one of their least unfavourable habits. The only sounds they do make is bill clapping and a sort of grunting uttered from their gular sac during breeding. By contrast, most ugly people are very vocal, see Donald Trump. The other positive habit of marabous is that they often wash their food in the water. One can add that they tend to wait patiently for other carrion eaters (vultures) to finish their meal at a kill
