He wrote in an Instagram post: “It has been a dream of mine to capture the famous death stork look of Shoebill for many years. “Nothing can prepare you for the moment when you will look into the eyes of a creature so fossilized prehistoric and unjustifiably proud.” The shoe bar is an endangered bird, with a global population currently estimated at between 5,000 and 8,000. Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa by region and the largest tropical lake in the world.