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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 (infosec.pub)
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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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[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Divorced bird if I’ve ever seen one

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 17 points 3 months ago (4 children)

but she's happily married!

[–] rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Haha this is the first thing I thought of. I didn't know what kind of bird she was tho. FilmCow is great.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

*hi-5*

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