I learned today a new "fact"

The Marabou bird is primarily a scavenger and took the niche of the vulture in the Indris valley at civilization's dawn.

Because they could be seen eating dead animals the Sumerians had a myth belief that Marabou carried the souls of the dead from their bodies to the afterlife.

The Sumerians also believed in reincarnation, so they thought the Marabou escorted the souls of the reincarnated back to their new bodies.

That's why The Stork delivers babies