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Bird vs. Reptile in Key West

10,000 Birds

The snake was wrapped firmly around the hawk’s tail, neck, and wings, and had enough strength to immobilize the bird but not to kill him. KWWC captures injured, sick or orphaned wild chickens, then adopts them out to homes on the mainland. The duo locked in battle turned out to be a juvenile Broad-winged Hawk and a Black Snake.

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