泛滥之谜 10

This is a fish, a lungfish.

It's been cocooned in mud and mucus underground for months

waiting for the waters to rise.

Primitive lungs allow it to breathe air as it searches for the nearest pool.

But reaching water doesn't mean safety.

The shoebill stork is a giant of the swamp, well over a metre tall.

Its bizarre beak is perfectly designed for feeding in muddy water

where prey is difficult to target.

A huge beak increases the chance of success.

It's surprising what a muddy pool can hide.

As the flood reaches its height, the Sudd has doubled in size.

Now covering 32,000 square kilometres

it's one of the world's biggest wetlands.

For a few months, this water world is left to nature.

For some, it's paradise.