CatTV: Take Your Cat to the LA Zoo: Scared Ibis

Sacred Ibis
Ibis Sagrade
Threskiornis aethiopicus

Origins: inhabits marshes, beaches, grasslands, and farmlands of sub-Saharan Africa, North Yemen, Southern Iraq

Food: consumes small prey animals such as fish, invertebrates, and amphibians, as well as carrion

Facts: Ancient Egyptians worshipped the sacred ibis as the incarnation of the deity Thoth. This could be because the ibis appeared during the seasonal flooding of the Nile River, which was so important to their agriculture.