Even the black mamba is afraid of this bird. Thunderstorm of African snakes (3 photos)

In front of you is a secretary bird. This rather unusual member of the accipitridae family grows up to 1.5 meters in length and weighs more than 4 kilograms.





Your face when your mom makes you finish your pasta :(

With such dimensions, the wingspan of secretaries reaches 2 meters. True, they rarely use them.



These birds prefer to walk and run on the savannah, and in order to take off they need to spend a lot of energy and also have a large “runway”.

Mostly birds lead a terrestrial lifestyle, trampling everything around them. With strong kicks, the birds hunt for lizards, small mammals and poisonous snakes. The secretary especially loves the latter. To protect itself from deadly bites, the predator defends itself with long flight feathers, covering itself during the reptile's attack. And after the opponent has released all the poison, the secretary tramples the snake underfoot.



Brutal