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Similar to wings and fins with self-adaptive flaps, the feathers on a diving peregrine falcon's feathers may pop-up during high speed dives, according to a study published in PLOS ONE on January 29, ...

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A peregrine falcon’s prey probably never sees death approach. That’s because a falcon is just so fast — the fastest animal on the planet, capable of reaching speeds of more than 320 kilometers per ...

Similar to wings and fins with self-adaptive flaps, the feathers on a diving peregrine falcon's feathers may pop up during high speed dives. Similar to wings and fins with self-adaptive flaps, the ...