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Thursday, March 3, 2016

Neck-breaking, disembowelling, constricting and fishing - the violent world of raptors - Not Exactly Rocket Science

Neck-breaking, disembowelling, constricting and fishing - the violent world of raptors - Not Exactly Rocket Science: Birds of prey, or raptors, may be familiar, but a new study reveals the varied techniques they use to kill their prey. Some attack with high-speed killing blows and others suffocate their prey to death in constricting fists. Some give their victims a merciful death by broken neck, but others eat their victims alive after slashing them open.







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