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Plummeting falcons stay in control

 New measurements help elucidate how gyrfalcons can plunge more than a quarter of a mile out of the sky without crashing.

References:

Tucker, V.A., T.J. Cade, and A.E. Tucker. 1998. Diving speeds and angles of a gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus). Journal of Experimental Biology Online (June 11). (http://www.biologists.com/JEB/201/13/jeb1405.html)

Sources:

Tom J. Cade
The Peregrine Fund
566 Flying Hawk Lane
Boise, ID 83709

Vance A. Tucker
Duke University
Department of Zoology
Durham, NC 27708

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