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they also had a flight display with the quickest bird on the planet. a Gyrfalcon. lives in the artic and basically flys in circles in the air untill it spots its prey, then dives at incredible speeds straight into the prey, smashing its bones.
They have an extra thick skull strong compact neck and tiny brain. so doesn't damage it self pile driving prey.
on the flip side they have short attention spans and just chase what ever moves and extremely high speeds. combine that with their ability to fly long distances and you a bird that disapears and gets lost all the time.
To see one in full attack flight just above you head is amazing, the power and speed at which they turn is breath taking, their tail feathers act as a huge rudder allowing them to pull of hairpin turn at 240mph... fucking incredible!