![]() “You should see what it did to my folder,” says Portugal. It felt like I was playing with a cat.”Īn object doesn’t even need to look like a snake. Within a fraction of a second, the bird was on it and going mental, trying to kick the extension lead to death. “At the end of a session, I had this long extension lead and I started wheeling it in. “Their desire to kick anything that moves and looks a bit like a snake is so innate,” says Portugal. ![]() Steve Portugal learned that the hard way when studying secretary birds-a long-legged bird of prey with an appetite for snakes and a phenomenal, skull-crushing kick. When you’re filming a bird that specializes at kicking snakes to death, you’d better be careful about your power cables.
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