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Birds - peregrine falcon dives at 180 mph - Ultimate Killers - BBC wildlife

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    Lloyd has been training Lady for 6 years
    and he was convinced that she would want
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    to follow the [inaudible] lure.
    Even in a skydive from 10,000 feet,
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    but it took 6 months intensive training to
    make her comfortable with this ultimate test.
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    >>We'll be carrying this speedometer
    to get our maximum speed as we fall.
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    And this is the lure that Lady's been trained
    to pursue and attack. And we're taking it with us.
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    Alright, let's turn around and
    see. Turn around to our left.
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    >>Where are we going to land?
    >>Crossroads near the four buildings.
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    >>I couldn't just start skydiving from scratch,
    so I strapped to Andy, our skydiving expert.
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    The plan was we'd jump together in tandem just
    in case I forgot what to pull and when to pull it.
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    A pair of skydivers can exceed
    150 miles per hour in free-fall,
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    so Lady was going to have to
    fly faster than that to catch up.
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    >>Ok. 5 seconds.
    >>I'm taking the hood off.
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    Ok. Hood is off.
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    >>Lloyd won't let us jump until he's
    absolutely sure Lady is ready to fly.
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    Lady is in charge. We just have to wait.
    >>Wait. Wait. Wait.
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    >>Come on, Lady.
    >>Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait.
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    >>The lure.
    >>Wait. Wait. Camera!
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    >>Ready!
    >>Steady! Go!
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    >>Bloody hell!
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    In moments we were clocking
    158 miles per hour! Scary!
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    And Lady, within seconds she'd caught up.
    She was just playing around us, effortlessly.
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    In complete control.
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    Ok. It's not a definitive scientific experiment,
    but we calculate that to catch us up so quickly,
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    she must have accelerated beyond
    180 miles per hour. Phenomenal.
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    >>Hey, hey! Now I like that!
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    I like that a lot!
    Magic. Absolute magic.
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    >>Saw her, just as we front looped on
    exit, right there in front of us. Brilliant.
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    I noticed she didn't
    front loop on exit though.
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    She might be able to fly
    well, but she has no style.
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    >>She has no style, but
    she has shitloads of speed.
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    She's well over 3 times faster than a cheetah.
    There's nothing else that comes even close.
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    Amongst animals that use speed to kill, the
    peregrine falcon has got to by my ultimate killer.
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    Excellent.
Title:
Birds - peregrine falcon dives at 180 mph - Ultimate Killers - BBC wildlife
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Skydivers can reach 150mph velocity. This is not even cruising speed for a peregrin falcon, in this clip it's estimated that the falcon must have accelerated beyond 180mph. From the BBC.
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English
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04:00

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