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Shaheen Falcon

BR Hills, Karnataka , 20 Nov 2006

This is the Indian sub-species of the famous Peregrine Falcon. The Peregrine Falcon is the fastest creature on the planet in its hunting dive, the stoop, in which it soars to a great height, then dives steeply at speeds in excess of 300 km/h


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