Clint Ralph, an animal enthusiast, was visiting South Africa when he was looking for bearded vultures to photograph. As he spotted a jackal hawk moving towards his latest meal, he turned his lens towards it. Enter a random picture of a badass hawk being a badass. That’s when the Internet, in all its infinite glory and creativity, started Photoshopping the living hell out of this hawk.
Let’s take a look at the best entries of the Battle of the Badass Hawk.




















