Most of what’s published on TedQuarters will be about sports. But no more than once a day, you’ll have to indulge me and put up with a post that has nothing to do with sports. This is one of those posts.

I believe the Wikipedia is one of our greatest cultural achievements. And so in it’s honor, here’s the first of what I hope to become a quasi-regular series. It celebrates awesome things I find while surfing the Wikipedia.

From the Wikipedia: Terror Birds!

It’s a good thing evolution is based on survival of the fittest and not survival of the awesome. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to step outside without being menaced by these 10-foot-tall South American birds of prey from the Cenozoic Era.

Imagine looking out the window in the morning and seeing one of these hellbeasts thrashing your bird feeder. Then, for good measure, it could swallow your neighbor’s dog whole with its 18-inch beak.

Also, should you be so unfortunate as to piss a terror bird off, don’t expect to escape by foot, bike or Segway Human Transporter. These predators could run up to 30 miles per hour.

Look at that thing. You’re telling me this was somehow less fit for survival than the sparrow? Makes me dubious about this whole Darwinism concept.