Walk on the Wild Side - BBC saturday 22/8/09

[chrisshay]

can anyone tell me the name of the bird that had the voice over of a hard man, the bird was large grey and had a huge beak, looks almost prehistoric, its been on a nature programme before but I cannot remember the name and its driving me mad!

[Jules001]

didn't see the programme, but are you possibly thinking of a dodo?

[chrisshay]

no it was a real bird but looked like it should be extinct - it was very weird looking. The show uses real animals and just does a voice over, some can be funny but its not great bbc tv!

[chrisshay]

when I say realI mean not extinct

[Robinia]

I can't remember exactly what it looked like but I think it might have been a Shoebill chris...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoebill

[beejaybee]

I was wondering what the bird was. That`s definately it Robinia. Thx.

[chrisshay]

thank you yes that was it - great now it won't keep me awake wondering!

[Robinia]

haha... the nightmares we could have about them might keep us awake! Bit scary looking aren't they? maybe they actually have voices like Alan Carr? :o)