Secretary Bird
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00:00of a human eye and with up to seven times her own body weight and force. Now I know Owen's just a
00:05little guy but it would be the equivalent of Owen as he is in front of you kicking with the strength
00:10of a large horse. And what's more incredible about this is he has very few muscles in his
00:16legs. It is solely tendons and ligaments that sort of spring load. It's amazing.
00:23Now naturally they wouldn't really go after a snake of this size but it is good to
00:28give you a demonstration. I love it as well because poor Angola, this snake is his nemesis.
00:35He comes out here, in my mind it's like entering the Coliseum. He dices with death with poor Steve
00:41and he thinks he's done a fantastic job and that Steve's breathed his last breath
00:45and he comes back tomorrow and who's waiting for him? Snake indeed, yeah.
00:52I would like to say we do mix it up. There are different snakes. This
00:55stump man, I always want to say Simon but that's cruel. I don't want Simon to get kicked
01:01in the head. Although, fun fact, the secretary bird is the bird most likely to send...