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A single kick delivered some 195 Newtons of force from a secretary bird meaning that the bird delivers
"... five to six times their own bodyweight in a tenth of the time it takes to blink an eye, which is really quite surprising," said Dr Portugal.
Other birds of prey reach similar levels of violence - a barn owl can pounce with 14.5 body weights, for example - but few of them do it from a standing start.
Writing in the journal Current Biology, it is said that studying such extreme examples of animal movement could help design fast-moving robot limbs or prosthetics.
Article here.
"... five to six times their own bodyweight in a tenth of the time it takes to blink an eye, which is really quite surprising," said Dr Portugal.
Other birds of prey reach similar levels of violence - a barn owl can pounce with 14.5 body weights, for example - but few of them do it from a standing start.
Writing in the journal Current Biology, it is said that studying such extreme examples of animal movement could help design fast-moving robot limbs or prosthetics.
Article here.
