Raptor Vs. Deadly Snake
Clip: Season 42 Episode 13 | 2m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
When hunting a snake, one wrong move could be this red-legged seriema's last.
At the height of the nesting season, red-legged seriema are at their most deadly. This parent is trying its best to bring home food for its young.
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Raptor Vs. Deadly Snake
Clip: Season 42 Episode 13 | 2m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
At the height of the nesting season, red-legged seriema are at their most deadly. This parent is trying its best to bring home food for its young.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(birds singing) (snake hissing) - [Narrator] One wrong move could be his last.
(snake hissing) Spreading his wings disorients the snake and helps him jump clear of danger.
(bird honking) (snake hissing) He lands a first blow.
(snake hissing) But the snake is fighting for its life.
With chicks to raise, this is just too risky (snake hissing) After all, there are other options.
It's a unique way of neutralizing prey, quite unlike any other raptor, but it's very effective on dinner that bites back.
They may do it differently, but make no mistake, (bird honking) seriemas are stone cold killers.
Every bit as deadly as any other bird of prey.
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