How the Fastest Animal on Earth Attacks Its Prey

The Peregrine falcon is not your average avian predator. When hunting, this remarkable bird will fly to great heights, then dive bomb its prey abruptly at speeds of up to 242 mph.
From: DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S CONQUEST OF THE SKIES: Triumph
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[@aldotorres1983]

In nature, the last thing you hear before you die is David Attenborough's voice.

[@suhelsheth4621]

You made me think what would if be like if he did movies .... Rambo First blood

[@kestrels-in-the-sky]

I wouldn’t mind

[@FindingPeace4me]

Lol. 😂🤣😂🤣

[@LUCKY.ORIGINAL417]

LoL 😆😆

[@Tre-fb1zz]

🤣😂🤣😅

[@TaeeshNENE]

Peregrine is the fastest bird in the world... And david is the best presenter of wildlife programs in the world...

[@AhatiMaat]

And Satyajeet makes the best Veggie samosa in the world...

[@jross9553]

Satyajeet Vaidya true and Ostriches are the fastest running they are faster than Roadrunners

[@Dave-bq6gy]

He's also a world leading expert on the warming of the universe due to CO2. If evil humans carry on producing 3% of the worlds annual CO2 production , by the end of next year Jupiter will catch fire thus leading to the rest of the universe burning up in a flash! Phew, good job Mr Actor-bore saved the day and the polar bears as well, heh?

[@d1marquez37]

cheetah are faster than ostrich

[@vietchungbui6144]

@@d1marquez37 I think he meant ostrich is the fastest running bird.

[@ShutUpAnthony]

If this dude narrated my life. It would make everything I do seem THAT much more awesome!

[@thylacinethetigerwolf1372]

Shut Up Anthony! Brother(RIP) Richard(Jurassic Park)..voice was Awesome too..in fact they sound oddly alike..

[@rukhutavei8047]

Haha right

[@ceaser8999]

Narrator voice : Tiny dick Anthony is going to finally partake in some pussy

[@keepingitreel...8037]

A much younger Richard Attenborough was also in a World War 2 classic, "The Great Escape." He played Bartlett and organized the escapes. One of my favorite movies of all time which featured an all star cast including Steve McQueen. If you've never seen it, I highly recommend you check it out! Enjoy. . .

[@bachoban]

@@ceaser8999 Hahahaha ... funny!

[@karloalberti]

I have loved David Attenborough way of narrating nature for many years ... his british accent and the dedication to spread out knowledge.

[@FalconFastest123]

Often peregrine falcons will ball their talons into a fist and "punch" the prey at extremely high speeds, cracking its bones and crippling it, forcing it to the ground where the falcon can eat it at its own leisure.

[@oliaortega3688]

That's true

[@oliaortega3688]

They sometime tackle their prey or knock them down they even tackle geese that's crazy

[@limpet7r63]

They are a fairly common sight around here (Dorset) and it's amazing to watch them hunt crows. They often just ram them at ridiculous speeds, and then you see the two birds interlocked and spiralling downwards in a bundle with feathers flying off it. Once on the ground, it's all over for the crow. Incredible to watch.

[@jamieb6056]

They also use their pointed hook-shaped beak to sever the spinal column of their prey, instantly disabling it and ultimately killing it.

[@meowlmeowl-gi4925]

So... A falcon punch?

[@lisbethlinton3664]

How can a bird be fantastically majestic and adorably cute at the same time?

[@leeeastwood6368]

I used to think that about Diana Spencer!

[@nadines.1107]

Spot on.

[@ericthehighlander]

That is one bad ass bird.

[@joseantoniogarcia7100]

Coaster Haven 8nthat bird runs almos as fast as a bugatty veyron

[@ericthehighlander]

José Antonio Garcia Not sure, I wouldn't be surprised though.

[@LetsPlay4TheWin1]

no the bird does not run that fast

[@nishantsharma2536]

This is THE bad ass bird

[@LD-dx1cw]

Starlings are such nasty vermin too. Team Peregrine!

[@kphilpott77]

I wish David Attenborough could narrate my life.

[@oscarnilsson9108061]

+kevin p yeah, whenever you hear his voice you don't want to do anything else but chillax and watch :)

[@brandonohara4122]

kevin p 😂😂😂

[@brandonohara4122]

Oscar Nilsson word lol

[@garygraham6564]

Ok thanks hun

[@yannitus9482]

"Now the human sub-species is beating his meat"

[@pegster6]

Their nest cams are fascinating and so much fun to watch! The babies are big fluff balls. The parents are so gorgeous and sleek!

[@cannywf1]

pegster6 yes they are. Look at Wakefield Peregrines they’re awesome.

[@alexortiz8216]

I love this damn narration

[@Sandesh98147]

its david attenborough the voice of god in my head

[@JohnDoe-kd2oq]

I live in Springfield, Massachusetts. There are multiple pairs of perigrene falcons. For years they were on a ledge of the monarch towers but lately they've taken up a spot under the memorial bridge. Once in a while you'll see them soaring over the Connecticut River. Truly beautiful birds

[@rthelionheart]

The fact that mach 0.26 is reached by a bird is nothing short of amazing.

[@rthelionheart]

@unrepeatable raddish regardless, the fact that its body is built to withstand such a high velocity is nothing short of remarkable.

[@rlonzoraddison6921]

The superb narrator, and elite camerawork.

[@MikeySkywalker]

The way that thing flies is stunningly beautiful.

[@bssjshrrvaj]

Great thanks to the operators who took the videos of the birds such skilfully. 👏

[@johnnyfs1988]

Wow, even at the end they had no clue the Falcon was already on the attack. Incredible.

[@ItaliaGiovanna]

David Attenboroughs,voice...the best!

[@YupJustPassingBy]

"Assassin's Bird", not a bad idea.

[@Shenron557]

Hope they have a good "Brotherhood" with the Auditore 😜

[@idioyjohnathon2054]

Lol

[@Wizard-ri5zk]

Marc Adriel Danan Change 3 letters for Assassin’s Fist as well

[@isabellaaguiar412]

Not to mention, peregrine falcons are so cute!

[@XHitsugaX]

cute little killing machines

[@russellhowell4560]

Isabella Aguiar l-/ quite nice falconry bird too! Class to hunt with

[@LUCKY.ORIGINAL417]

You mentioned it. 🥰🥰

[@thunderbird1921]

Well, unless you're their prey. I remember seeing these on 1-2 occasions in the Shenandoah National Park area as a boy (I'm almost positive I saw one in a stoop down the mountainside, unless red tailed hawks pull back their wings and dive too). The peregrines were nearly wiped out in the area from DDT and other stuff, but they were starting to come back in numbers when I was there. Truly magnificent creatures.

[@leokimvideo]

I'm watching the Collins St Falcons live stream based in Melbourne Oz and it's incredible to watch how many other birds are killed to keep the Falcon chicks fed. The parent birds seem to have no trouble being serial killers, it's amazing to witness.

[@LauPalomas]

Me FalconCam Project, Orange NSW, Charles Sturt University. They are stunning birds. Aside of watching Bald eagles, Golden Eagles, WTE nest live streem one of my fave is in Sydney of White sea bellied eagles. All of them are gorgeous birds.. and parents.

[@russellhowell4560]

I’m in Spain rn and I saw a peri yesterday. I’ve been doing falconry for a year and it made me so happy. I was watching a tree full of parrots and all of a sudden a lot of them flew out, about a minute later a peri came stooping through a gap in the tree, grabbed a parrot and flew right past me. An osprey has started circling too. Probably looking for scraps.

[@kanyanga4208]

I just searched for falcon. I scrolled through the various suggested videos. I don't know how I settled on this one first but I'm glad I did, and walhalla I bumped into David Attenborough's voice! What a narrator!

[@kakhak]

Fastest moving but only vertically, in a freefall. Ohh, legendary David! My hero, unrivaled true storyteller!

[@samwright285]

Fastest ...period..when stooping even faster

[@zok310]

Free fall at 200mph trying to catch a bird moving faster than you just so you can eat..... All without a computer or human brain. Amazing

[@themcpepro8770]

zok310 um the peregrine falcon is way faster than a starling

[@pegasBaO23]

zok310 That's like saying a fish is good at breathing underwater without technology or a human brain, these incredible birds' speed and agility were honed by evolution to these kinds of stunts

[@dickjohnson5025]

Nature and evolution

[@royalltyrael476]

The one who stretched the sky made the creatures wise 😊😊

[@valenrn8657]

zok310 Birds has an organic computer a.ka. brain.

[@spectre-8]

it's quite hard to appreciate the speed of this bird with all of the vision in slowmotion

[@scottzvidzo5564]

2:08 that was some great slow motion editing there , I just love that part of this video

[@dankmemer2774]

200mph and uses absolutely no gogles.

[@russellhowell4560]

There is a thing that acts like goggles, it is a milky see-through membrane that covers their eyes, stopping them from being damaged

[@sudharshanve8519]

Think they can even touch 250-300 mph.

[@killerskillet]

@@sudharshanve8519 No, they can't. They're fascinating, incredible birds, and indeed THE FASTEST ANIMAL IN THE WORLD, but 300 miles per hour is impossible. Incidentally, the eyelid which protects the falcon's eyes is called a "haw". It's a third eyelid which protects the birds' eyes from any debris while in a stoop.

[@sudharshanve8519]

@@killerskillet 415 kmph is the highest recorded speed, u think unrecorded ones couldnt have touched 450 plus odd?? That easily translates approx. 300mph.

[@killerskillet]

@@sudharshanve8519 415 kph is 250 mph you brainiac.

[@AsifAAli]

Starlings were like: Peter, where are you? Are you there?

[@MiTmite9]

I saw a Peregrine falcon today. At first I thought it was a Cooper's hawk, but then it stopped in flight and began to hover. Within 10 seconds, it went into its stoop and dropped like a bullet over the edge of a bluff. Pretty cool to see. The location was a place I have been to over 100 times in the past 30 years-------first sighting of a Peregrine there. Cool. (Santa Barbara, CA)

[@davidperry7128]

Peregrines don't hover.

[@intercity_trainspotting]

Kestrels hover

[@user-kr9tk3nr7c]

Falcons are roughly divisible into three or four groups. The first contains the kestrels (probably excepting the American kestrel);[11] usually small and stocky falcons of mainly brown upperside color and sometimes sexually dimorphic; three African species that are generally gray in color stand apart from the typical members of this group. Kestrels feed chiefly on terrestrial vertebrates and invertebrates of appropriate size, such as rodents, reptiles, or insects. The second group contains slightly larger (on average) species, the hobbies and relatives. These birds are characterized by considerable amounts of dark slate-gray in their plumage; their malar areas are nearly always black. They feed mainly on smaller birds. Third are the peregrine falcon and its relatives, variably sized powerful birds that also have a black malar area (except some very light color morphs), and often a black cap, as well. They are very fast birds with a maximum speed of 390 kilometres per hour. Otherwise, they are somewhat intermediate between the other groups, being chiefly medium gray with some lighter or brownish colors on their upper sides. They are, on average, more delicately patterned than the hobbies and, if the hierofalcons are excluded (see below), this group typically contains species with horizontal barring on their undersides. As opposed to the other groups, where tail color varies much in general but little according to evolutionary relatedness,[note 1] However, the fox and greater kestrels can be told apart at first glance by their tail colors, but not by much else; they might be very close relatives and are probably much closer to each other than the lesser and common kestrels. The tails of the large falcons are quite uniformly dark gray with inconspicuous black banding and small, white tips, though this is probably plesiomorphic. These large Falco species feed on mid-sized birds and terrestrial vertebrates. Very similar to these, and sometimes included therein, are the four or so species of hierofalcons (literally, "hawk-falcons"). They represent taxa with, usually, more phaeomelanins, which impart reddish or brown colors, and generally more strongly patterned plumage reminiscent of hawks. Their undersides have a lengthwise pattern of blotches, lines, or arrowhead marks. While these three or four groups, loosely circumscribed, are an informal arrangement, they probably contain several distinct clades in their entirety. A study of mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data of some kestrels[11] identified a clade containing the common kestrel and related "malar-striped" species, to the exclusion of such taxa as the greater kestrel (which lacks a malar stripe), the lesser kestrel (which is very similar to the common, but also has no malar stripe), and the American kestrel, which has a malar stripe, but its color pattern-apart from the brownish back-and also the black feathers behind the ear, which never occur in the true kestrels, are more reminiscent of some hobbies. The malar-striped kestrels apparently split from their relatives in the Gelasian, roughly 2.0-2.5 million years ago (Mya), and are seemingly of tropical East African origin. The entire "true kestrel" group-excluding the American species-is probably a distinct and quite young clade, as also suggested by their numerous apomorphies. Most members of the genus Falco show a "tooth" on the upper mandible Other studies[18][19][20][21][22] have confirmed that the hierofalcons are a monophyletic group-and that hybridization is quite frequent at least in the larger falcon species. Initial studies of mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data suggested that the hierofalcons are basal among living falcons.[18][19] The discovery of a NUMT proved this earlier theory erroneous.[20] In reality, the hierofalcons are a rather young group, originating at the same time as the start of the main kestrel radiation, about 2 Mya. Very little fossil history exists for this lineage. However, the present diversity of very recent origin suggests that this lineage may have nearly gone extinct in the recent past.[22][23] The phylogeny and delimitations of the peregrine and hobby groups are more problematic. Molecular studies have only been conducted on a few species, and the morphologically ambiguous taxa have often been little researched. The morphology of the syrinx, which contributes well to resolving the overall phylogeny of the Falconidae,[24][25] is not very informative in the present genus. Nonetheless, a core group containing the peregrine and Barbary falcons, which, in turn, group with the hierofalcons and the more distant prairie falcon (which was sometimes placed with the hierofalcons, though it is entirely distinct biogeographically), as well as at least most of the "typical" hobbies, are confirmed to be monophyletic as suspected.[18][19] Given that the American Falco species of today belong to the peregrine group, or are apparently more basal species, the initially most successful evolutionary radiation seemingly was a Holarctic one that originated possibly around central Eurasia or in (northern) Africa. One or several lineages were present in North America by the Early Pliocene at latest. The origin of today's major Falco groups-the "typical" hobbies and kestrels, for example, or the peregrine-hierofalcon complex, or the aplomado falcon lineage-can be quite confidently placed from the Miocene-Pliocene boundary through the Zanclean and Piacenzian and just into the Gelasian, that is from 2.4 to 5.3 Mya, when the malar-striped kestrels diversified. Some groups of falcons, such as the hierofalcon complex and the peregrine-Barbary superspecies, have only evolved in more recent times; the species of the former seem to be 120,000 years old or so.[22]

[@kwamesolo3315]

The G.O.A.T of narrations 🙌🏾

[@mack9992004]

Amazing creatures. I love the city setting too.

[@ameanasaur]

Sir David Attenborough, a well deserved knighthood.

[@teddytac253]

Peregrine fans: 'watch a living missle' by wild nature. It's amazing captured footage that shows how incredibly protective these birds are of there chicks

[@mmbmbmbmb]

Thank you for the link. How fascinating to watch!

[@donlove3741]

Who was it captured from ? All film is captured.

[@darylkemp1257]

The great horned owl likes to take peregrine fledglings from their nests and mummy or daddy peregrine will fearlessly fight to the death and attack the much larger owl by hitting it at 200mph snapping its spine or neck

[@pokemonguy99]

That's some 2010 level CGI right there

[@yawarahmad9899]

Cinematography is wonderful. And the narration makes it all the more valuable. The information about wings is really great.

[@GjaP_242]

3:33

[@pegster6]

For obvious reasons, they have a high mortality rate. Life on the edge!

[@starkiller23610]

pegster6 The have one of the highest kill rates. About 60% of their hunts are successful - more than any other bird hunter on the planet.

[@kingwacky184]

Where have you heard those numbers? Because another video I watched said the Peregrin Falcon have a bad kill rate of about 20%

[@Darshanaz]

I think kill rate is depend on where they live.

[@shingfungtse1594]

Tony Skywalker and what they r hunting

[@Video-Games-Are-Fun]

real life tom cruise in top gun

[@ibrahimahmed641]

Thank you for giving such wonderful information

[@gratedshtick]

Talonflame used Brave Bird The opposing staravia fainted.

[@thevigilant266]

The filming is amazing!

[@danielcristianrus7907]

a gorgeous bird thanks for video

[@kawaiiyanderlee9616]

Some bits are animated, right?

[@prasannakumarvv2772]

KawaiiYanderle

[@fuyulovesscootaloo1011]

KawaiiYanderlee nope

[@twangbarfly]

The final stoop over the Piazza Navona is obviously not real. However, I have seen peregrine falcons sitting on the lantern tower on top of the church we see at the end, Santa Agnese....so the scene is perhaps not as far-fetched as it seems :-)

[@eddiedeeznuts]

Who tf do they record this?

[@piginabox3099]

メKawaiiYanderleeメ nope

[@somebodynobody9664]

I feel lucky that I wasn't born a starling

[@qubicracks6386]

we are very lucky to be human and out of the food chain. but dont fear death. you will be reborn. one of the things you learn from mushrooms.

[@kristianbruaset4176]

@@qubicracks6386 Nobody asked, but OK...

[@hinamajeed]

😂

[@AhatiMaat]

@@qubicracks6386 lucky to be human lol yeah because we don't use violence against each other..this is nature

[@qubicracks6386]

@@AhatiMaat at least we have the illusion of peace bro

[@kobanikurdistan9665]

The beauty of this bird

[@paulahoskins9972]

So beautiful! Thank you.

[@frenchskuxx]

The quality of the video is amazing

[@ubertnikolic2302]

it's CGI.

[@Ediln82]

Always love his voice!

[@tommypierremanning5490]

one of the famous voice... ive been listening to his voice for a very long time!!

[@GOATexp]

So when people say “Speed Kills” they were being literal lol

[@robertmclean9737]

Think that saying come from speed freaks homicidal tendency. Cheers

[@FSAEntertainment]

What a voice!

[@4DTrue]

Nature is amazing...

[@recfoxVR]

That was absolutely AMAZING!!!

[@octobella8033]

Hi david !! Nice vodeo i saw all your dencumentaries and i put "like" if you can do more videos with peregrine falcon please Thank you !!

[@sizagusha9890]

Finally I get to see this man, I've been listening to his narrations and wondering who is this.... He is so good

[@markmarcelis]

fantastic photography and narration...

[@kells1999]

The finishing was amazing

[@TenorCantusFirmus]

Raptors are gorgeous. And peregrine falcons are the Concorde of raptors: so technically sophisticated you almost can't believe they really exist. And yet they do.

[@TenorCantusFirmus]

@unrepeatable raddish It just was a metaphor... If you'd like to put it on literal terms, the falcon might be slower, but it isn't jet-powered, so the Concorde was a cheat.

[@syedshah6989]

Thumbs up for the great camera work 👍

[@helenofotografia4384]

Amazing video!!

[@Zero20422]

I have been hearing your voice since many many years and this is the first time ever to see you

[@colleengrant7474]

Absolutely Amazing!!!

[@jamespisano1164]

Awesome video!

[@KDMCrypto]

Awesome Video!

[@CarswithB]

This narration and this animal are best!

[@kea484]

Excellent videography I'd say !

[@quantumcored]

Title : how the fastest bird catches its prey Cheetah : am I a joke to you?

[@ProjectDelta1]

My nigga Ezio would fuck up Templars on this bird's command.

[@usmansajjad9514]

lol I was looking for a Assassin's Creed reference :D

[@rogervaillant6044]

Amazing footage!,, seen a perigrin falcon attack on a flock of birds feeding on flies last summer while fishing, I was in a boat about 20 meters away when I heard almost like a sonic boom from a plane, it was the perigrin attacking and caught a bird... it was amazing

[@sergei2836]

Awesome! There is no other word to comment it. I love birds of prey.

[@aamassy]

Falcon at 0:35 is like - "I can hear you!"

[@lazychief5223]

This mans voice is legendary

[@tomuraicakacaka9976]

AMAZING!!

[@Trid3nt861]

Paragreine falcon, natures little missile

[@abdu-allahbinmohammed2856]

3:34 "Man down! I repeat, MAN DOWN!"

[@krisdabo-yh8bq]

❤ keep up good work

[@Zen-kb9js]

Nice editing.

[@thiza8144]

He is an excellent narrator of the story very captivating voice

[@Sophie-ul1gy]

He is the best wildlife narrator ever,

[@webbscorpio]

Beautiful!!

[@funandlala]

David is such a cutie ♡ He would make a lovely grandpa ♡ Especially during story time ♡

[@shahrukhali4465]

Sir David's Voice ❤

[@oscarnoyola2682]

I LOVE THE MANA VOICE IT'S SO PERFECT

[@oscarnoyola2682]

unrepeatable raddish bro your a couple years late

[@mmbmbmbmb]

Thank you !

[@remysimon6819]

👏 Awesome! Thank you

[@tecmediake]

So good in this👍

[@Beansiontoast]

Nature at its best ❣

[@rividizd]

Long live sir david attenborough!!

[@mitchellkalina8191]

Peregrine falcons are just plain neat. Fascinating animals

[@Alban77777]

this is my favorite bird

[@Acc0rd79]

Damn Nature, you scary! :)

[@davidlipman8093]

right!! i got that!

[@oratiog9036]

It is more scary for a cow to be loaded on a truck and be taking to an abattoir.

[@davidpatrickgreen5319]

Just saw a peregrine attack today in downtown Toronto. Soared motionless above a building catching the updraft and then dove impossibly fast down toward a small bird who saw it in time to evade. It was several hundred meters away ong buildingsand flags etc. No idea how it saw the thing. Insane!

[@theamazingworld1153]

Great Content my friend..

[@eddiedeleon2425]

07august pandemic era good morning Sir Attenborough ... can i ask a question Sir if may i ... does COVID-19 not affecting birds like this in your video for what air we breath is the same to all living creatures isn't Sir and how come does only human are affected ... thanks a lot Sir more than thrice i have watched it ... keep safe Sir

[@eddiedeleon2425]

DIVINE PICTURES CAPTURED MOMENTS ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL the ANSWER to MY QUESTION HAVE A NICE DAY PATIHULOG OUR LANGUAGE

[@chaunceysanford7333]

I love this guy

[@NoName_Raiden]

It's 3am. I'm going down a rabbit hole of videos and wont stop.

[@daniyalghauri6120]

That final move 😯

[@shaakunthala]

Notable one badass motorcycle!

[@smdoscar]

Amazing!!!

[@xGatorchomp28x]

Bravo!

[@tinamclaughlin1991]

Facinating!