If I were to flip you the bird left-handed, which I sometimes do to mix things up, you’d notice that my middle finger is crooked, with a bulged knuckle. Why does it look like that? Catfish noodling.

Did you know some birds of prey can snatch fish from rivers so swiftly, the water barely ripples? Or that others hunt in pitch-black darkness, guided only by sound? Raptors are nature’s master hunters ...