Which bird is depicted in the picture?

why can't human beings admire and take joy in other creatures without killing them for some ridiculous notion "its fat can be boiled and drunk to help child growth"!

" It is called the secretary bird because its tuft of black feathers makes the bird look as if it were carrying quill pens behind its ears, as secretaries once did." Brittanica

Cece, The boiled fat is undoubtedly a plan used by pre-european cultures. Starving children need to eat.

Cece.....have you ever eaten a hamburger...or bacon or chicken.....I think that food came from killing some animals.

marabou stork don't think so, they aren't the prettiest birds on the block, compared to the elegance of the secretary bird... apart from its despatching of its prey, which is pretty brutal to say the least

baymax, "Brutal" dispatching of prey is beautiful to a hungry predator. Starvation is ugly.

Cece, typical of people who want to ridicule other peoples’ beliefs and culture. How disrespectful to call it a ‘ridiculous notion’! These people had cultures when you all were burning ‘witches’

Player #66817220, Thank you, at last someone who understands that predators must kill to eat (and stay alive) It's not nice to see, but completely necessary. They evolved to eat living things, or should I say, previously living things, (I'm not being flippant, by the way.) some unfortunately do swallow their food alive, some aquatic birds in particular.

"mostly terrestrial"? 😆

Cece, they possibly eat the whole bird...in which it's the same as eating a big chicken and use the parts of the bird for societal purposes. js

Cece, so you are a vegan?

baymax, does anyone know where the name originated? probably can't take shorthand