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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Fuck you, the Peregrine Falcon is awesome, it is best bird, fight me.

I will not have my boy be slandered like this.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’ll fight you. My man the crow will mess up your stupid falcon.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

They will too! My neighborhood murder is enormous, and they keep the airspace clear of bald eagles. If an eagle ever dares enter our neighborhood, the crows flock out of the trees by the hundreds and chase that motherfucker off, cawing all the way. When they're done, they all return to the trees and caw for a good half hour afterwards. My guess is they're talking about how bad ass they are.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's only "fast" because it's just falling.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok buddy, let's see you pull out of a terminal velocity (180mph) head first dive.

As any pilot will tell you; if you manage to pull out of a dive it's not falling out of the sky, it's aerobatics.

Ontop of this, it's catching prey in it's talons, let's see you try and grab anything when traveling at 180mph in any direction.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've ridden in an airplane before, it's not difficult.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bet you coulda outran pompeiis lava flows too

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

In an airplane? Probably.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'll let my B&G macaws fight for me. However I do think the Peregrine is the best raptor in the world.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't this also the bird that picked up its prey and drops them from a great height to kill them since it can't kill with its claws?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Even better. It curls its feet into fists and dive bombs with a 240mph punch to stun its prey, then casually walks up to finish the job with its beak.

It kills with the real life Falcon Punch