--- description: A giant bird in Florida appeared to hide from Hurricane Matthew—and other animals it had to hunker down with inside a zoo—inside a bathroom. title: This Stork Wanted Nothing to Do With Hurricane Matthew—So It Hid in a Bathroom image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2783d981a8f13ca6/6988a92a656a3f284bbcd61d/stork.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [animals](/tag/animals/) ## animals Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Stork in Florida Wanted Nothing to Do With Hurricane Matthew—So It Hid in a Bathroom  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 7, 2016 7:31 PM CUT  A marabou stork in a restroom at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoological Park on Oct. 6, 2016. A marabou stork in a restroom at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoological Park on Oct. 6, 2016.Gen Anderson—St. Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoological Park/AP  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 7, 2016 7:31 PM CUT A [giant bird in Florida](http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/aa9398e6757a46fa93ed5dea7bd3729e/Article%5F2016-10-07-US-Hurricane-Matthew-US-Stork-in-Bathroom/id-05f551e6688a4ec2bf446a47633988cd "undefined") appeared to hide from Hurricane Matthew—and other animals it had to hunker down with inside a zoo—by ducking out inside a bathroom. The [St. Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoological Park](https://www.alligatorfarm.com/ "undefined") on Thursday [shared a photo on its Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/TheAlligatorFarm/photos/pcb.10154445046350803/10154445044815803/?type=3&theater "undefined") of a marabou stork hanging out inside a public restroom at their facility. “No species discrimination in this bathroom!” it said. The post has been liked more than 2,000 times and shared more than 500 times. The zoo, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment, wrote on Facebook that it has been preparing for the storm for two days, which included moving all of it animals indoors. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4523362/stork-florida-bathroom-hurricane/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4523362/stork-florida-bathroom-hurricane/"},"headline":"This Stork in Florida Wanted Nothing to Do With Hurricane Matthew—So It Hid in a Bathroom","datePublished":"2016-10-07T19:31:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:26.897Z","description":"Let it know when the storm is over","url":"https://time.com/4523362/stork-florida-bathroom-hurricane/","keywords":["animals","Newsfeed"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2783d981a8f13ca6/6988a92a656a3f284bbcd61d/stork.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2783d981a8f13ca6/6988a92a656a3f284bbcd61d/stork.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hurricane Matthew US Stork in Bathroom","caption":"A marabou stork in a restroom at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoological Park on Oct. 6, 2016.","creditText":"Gen Anderson—St. Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoological Park/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/animals/","name":"animals"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4523362/stork-florida-bathroom-hurricane/","name":"This Stork in Florida Wanted Nothing to Do With Hurricane Matthew—So It Hid in a Bathroom"}}]}] ```