And the Raptor with the Longest Legs is …

… the Secretarybird.

The Secretarybird (Afrikaans: Sekretarisvoël) has the longest legs of any raptor. It use these long legs to kill pray, including snakes. It’s got a cool “serpent hunter” sounding scientific name Sagittarius serpentarius.

201012-001-093_PAWW-DC-ZZ000-P — Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius) at Spier, outside Stellenbosh.

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