SILLY SATURDAY

It's Silly Saturday and it's pretty silly to try to kill a rubber snake.
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At the Zoo in Milwaukee, WI, USA, they have a free flight area that showcases raptors of one variety or another.  Most are free-flown over the heads of the audience, from one trainer to another with a glove full of Purina Raptor Chow (dead chicken, most likely).
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Although capable of flight, this bird is 98% ground dwelling.  It's related to the Secretary Birds (not sure which species this is) who make a living walking around the savannas of Africa looking for something to eat.  They'll eat about anything they can catch...including venomous snakes.  They will peck at a snake's head to disorient it, then grab it and smack it on the ground as hard as they can.....over and over until it's dead.  Then they'll swallow it...whole.
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For obvious reasons, this demonstration used a rubber snake as a real snake might injure the bird.  This bird will smack that rubber snake time and time again to demonstrate its ferocity.  The trainer will approach after a while and remove the snake and replace it with some real food...oft times a dead mouse.  In any case, it's "silly" watching a bird "kill" a rubber snake.
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BEST IN LARGE.