Show friendly feeling for birs ahat kill snakes all over south africa the secretary bird Is protected by law and custom in the stomach of one secretary bird were found three snakes each about a baid long eleven lizards and a quantity of crickets and locusts the bird has no hesitation in attacking a cobra or any poisonous snake it comes up quietly then opening its wings to shield its body flashes upon tho snake and usually kills or als abas it before it can strike if the nale does manage to strike the blow Is cagat upon one of the wings then the ard beak and feet finish the business before eating its prey the bird plucky out the feather which was struck in south america the car lama a prettily crested bird much smaller than the secretary kills snakes aus anale killer Is the laughing jackass of which there are several kinds the bird Is a saucy creature and a bit of a thief but since it kills and eats snakes it Is protected and encouraged |