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a falcon that turns gravity into a weapon and calls it hunting.
means the peregrine falcon is a bird of prey famous for stooping on other birds mid-air at extreme speed.
from from latin peregrinus, meaning foreign or wandering traveler, because medieval falconers caught adult migrants mid-journey instead of taking chicks from nests.
top speedclocked over 240 mph diving
fastest animalfastest creature on the planet, period
global rangenative to every continent except antarctica
comeback storynearly extinct from ddt, now thriving in cities
for instance
new york skyscraper nests — pairs breed on ledges of manhattan towers since the 1980s
chicago field museum pair — nested on the museum roof, tracked yearly since 1980s
british military mascots — raf falconry units once used peregrines for airfield bird control