The Goofy-Looking Bird That Kicks the Bejeezus Out of Snakes | Absurd Creatures

What do you get when you mix an eagle, a stork, and a bad hair day? It's the secretary bird, perhaps the strangest avian in all of Africa. Weirdly for a bird of prey, it spends its time hunting on the ground, in a totally badass way. As it strolls through the savannah, it keeps its eye out for insects and lizards and even snakes. But typically it doesn't peck them to death. No, it kicks the ever-loving crap out of them, like so. Let's get some dramatic music for this slow-mo. Oh yeah. As you can see, this bird has some serious reach. After all, it's four feet tall. It's crazy powerful too. It can kick with a force over five times its own body weight. That's particularly impressive when you consider the bird isn't getting a running start with a kick. The strike is so quick, the foot only contacts prey for 10 milliseconds. That's handy when hunting snakes. As an extra precaution, those legs are heavily scaled in case something tries to fight back. So can the secretary bird kick it? Yes, it can. 90s hip-hop reference.