Monday, January 25, 2016

"The bird's hunting technique is simple: Find prey, flush it out, and stamp the living crap out of it"

"Secretary birds can be found striding through the grasslands of sub-Saharan Africa":
When you’re filming a bird that specializes at kicking . . . you’d better be careful about your power cables.

Steve Portugal learned that the hard way when studying secretary birds—a long-legged bird of prey with . . . a phenomenal, skull-crushing kick. “Their desire to kick anything that moves