The Very Definition of Ferocious

For a mere £2000, this late-nineteenth-century automaton could be yours*:

I know what you're thinking - that is a whole lot of badness for just a couple of month's rent payments.

And you haven't even seen it in action yet!

(The video gets off to a slow start, but TRUST ME when I say you want to stick around until the :30 mark).

I may never recover.

Thanks to Tulia for the great submission!

* Seriously. This thing is for sale.