"The rate at which the shrikes shake their heads was surprising, especially with relatively large animals in their jaws!" - 'Like a raptor' -For the study, researchers studied footage of attacks by 37 loggerhead shrikes involving live domestic black mice and other creatures. "They help explain how a small songbird is able to kill relatively large animals in ways that differ from large raptors like hawks. "As a group, shrikes can take prey larger than you would expect for their body sizes and 'types' -- keep in mind, these are songbirds. You wouldn't expect a robin, for instance, to have the strength to kill a mouse and they don't," he said.

Source: Bangkok Post September 05, 2018 12:45 UTC