• Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I assume the bird tries to break open the “eggs” it found. I know, boring explanation for an absolute funny video.

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      10 months ago

      Not eggs, but prey. They use this movement to break its bones and kill it.

      It’s a siriema if I’m not mistaken. There are a bunch of them in the country side of where I live (Brazilian Cerrado). They are absolutely fantastic animals

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    10 months ago

    This is a bird called the Sereima, and what you are seeing isn’t random behavior: it’s how they hunt. They chase rodents and lizards down, grab them with their beaks, then slam their prey down onto rocks repeatedly until they stop moving.

    Metal as hell.