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How Falcons Catch Their Prey
Scientist Suzanne Amador Kane has discovered that falcons keep their prey locked in the same place on their retinas by attaching cameras onto hunting falcons. The original research was published in The Journal of Experimental Biology.
Amazing footage of falcons hunting crows.
Suzanne Amador Kane, working with falconers across the globe, has discovered that falcons pursue prey by keeping the image of the prey in the same place on their retina during the pursuit as they close in.
This movie shows ground breaking footage capture by movie cameras mounted on hunting falcons filmed by Eddy De Mol and his colleagues Valerie Collet and Francois Lorrain.
Crows are Native Americans and have the entrepreneurial spirit.
Dr Alex Taylor sets a difficult problem solving task, will the crow defeat the puzzle?