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This fierce beauty is the Secretary Bird, a bird of prey from sub-Saharan Africa with killer kicks and iconic lashes (lemmy.world)
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With legs built for speed and power, the Secretary bird hunts snakes by stomping them with a force of 195 Newtons, enough to kill in milliseconds.

Despite their raptor status, they hunt mostly on foot and can walk up to 30 km a day.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Why is the snake tied up?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

He was begging her for it

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Secretary bird doesn't want to be fed. He wants to hunt.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I’ve had it with these motherfuckin snakes on this motherfuckin string.