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The Boobrie, which has its home in the lochs of Argyllshire in Scotland, is a huge water bird that gobbles up unattended sheep and cattle. The only man who ever tried to kill one waded right up to his shoulders in the waters of a loch in freezing February to get a shot at it. He was within a hundred yards of the bird when it dived to the deeps. He reported it as being very like a gigantic Northern Diver, only it was black all over. The neck was nearly 3 ft long, with a 1 1/2-ft hooked bill but like an eagle. Its webbed feet, at the end of short legs, were armed with claws and its roar was like the bellowing of a bull.