Canadian man rescues a dog he accidentally hit with his car- except that...

[Bogertophis]

Haha, sounds like the hawk had the same attitude many large snapping turtles I've rescued off the road had, every one would of taken my fingers off if I didn't use extreme caution! I think it comes down to types of animals, birds of prey and reptiles can both be extremely nasty whether your trying to save them or not lol.

I think it's just like people: in any given species, there's "all kinds", & not all have the same intelligence or capacity to overcome their instincts. As I've always told folks-
I'd rather be in a dark alley with rattlesnakes ANY day than in the same dark alley with an assortment of my "fellow man".

For sure, these incidents could have turned out badly, as could a few times in my past, but...they didn't.