Secretary bird, Kruger National Park, South Africa (© Johannes Swanepoel/Alamy)

【March 7 2014】Why not call this creature the "administrative professional bird?" Funny you should ask. The origin of the secretary bird's common name has come into question recently. It was once believed to be a reference to its head feathers, which resemble the quill pens that 18th-century secretaries would stick into their wigs. It's now thought that "secretary" may be a French mispronunciation of "saqr-et-tair" -- Arabic for "hunter bird."Explore breathtaking Gallery from the HuluTrip homepage over the past 5 years..