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And YOU still thought it was squirrels...hehe Wonder how many snakes were sacrified for the hawk to perfect its technique like that.

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/178/nation/Hawk_drops_snake_onto_power_li:.shtml

Hawk drops snake onto power line, sparks 5-acre brush fire in Southern California

By Associated Press, 6/27/2001 16:10

MOORPARK, Calif. (AP) A hawk dropped a snake onto a power line, sparking a small brush fire that briefly threatened expensive homes northwest of Los Angeles.

The 3-foot gopher snake was found headless and coiled around the top of a power pole, authorities said.

''These are started more often by squirrels or birds. A snake is pretty rare,'' Southern California Edison spokesman Rudy Gonzales said.

Tuesday's fire knocked out power to 2,800 customers. Firefighters extinguished the blaze in about an hour, and power was restored in several hours.

-- Anonymous, June 27, 2001

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Actually, I wonder if the hawk is being wrongly defamed. Sounds like noone say the hawk (they don't say what kind). Maybe a kamikaze squirrel, yeah, that makes more sense!

-- Anonymous, June 27, 2001

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