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training a bird of prey to hunt for you, then trusting it to come back.
means the ancient practice of taming and flying raptors, especially falcons and hawks, to hunt game in cooperation with a human handler.
from traced back over 4,000 years to Central Asian steppes, later prized by medieval nobility as a symbol of status so fierce that laws dictated which bird rank you were allowed to own.
legal rank systemmedieval england assigned specific birds to specific social classes
unesco heritagerecognized in 2016 across 18 countries as living heritage
return instincttrained falcons hunt free, then choose to come back
speed recordperegrine falcons stoop at over 240 mph diving