3051. Roadrunners, especially the Greater Roadrunner, are vicious little birds. They strike small animals (snakes, lizards, mice, rodents and other small birds) behind the head with their beat to break their spine. They also subdue larger prey by grabbing them and smashing them repeatedly off of rocks or other hard surfaces before swallowing them whole. Sometimes, two or more Roadrunners will team up on a snake, tearing it into smaller pieces while alive. Some reports say they have been observed gorging themselves so rapidly, on so many grasshoppers or june bugs that sometimes the insects are still alive, piling up in the bird and making buzzing noises while being digested. Freaky...
...and just think if they were even HALF the size of a velociraptor :shock: