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To: BunnySlippers

Look into his eyes and his talons and try to ask that out loud.

(Don't leave kitteh out by his lonesome in the area when the falcon is hunting. He can dive at up to about 40 knots and strikes the third vertebrae down on the rabbit he is targeting to paralyze it, then he grabs it with those talons, and proceeds to eat. He won't eat roadkill, but only something fresh he kills. He tends to look out at about 45 degrees from where his eyes are aimed, to within a 20 ft radius, then he shifts focus to direct targeting.)

45 posted on 11/11/2010 7:53:05 PM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Cvengr

Okay, you’re implying that falcons are carnivores. That is fine.

How do they chew the flesh with their beaks? Huh?


46 posted on 11/11/2010 7:57:03 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Cvengr

My daughter had a red tail hawk take one of her ducks and a snapping turtle in the pond that took another one. They were white ducks, she to mallards and with their coloring, no one got them, and the hated her cats and chased them around the yard..


65 posted on 11/12/2010 2:05:33 AM PST by goat granny
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