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	Speed of the Fastest Bird

ofcapri

7-20-2008 9:43 AM

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"Peregines [sic] are large, grace birds that can reach speeds up to 250 km/hr, making them the fastest creatures on earth." Go 2 source 4 more info.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/62c6e39f-bc8d-43ac-99e7-c3ab91e377bd/7B6468C6-7A5B-4D6D-BE5A-B2CA7CCBF5D0/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/ChrisSantoro.shtml" href="http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/ChrisSantoro.shtml" style="font-size: 11px;">hypertextbook.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/ChrisSantoro.shtml"><H1>Speed of the Fastest
Bird</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/ChrisSantoro.shtml"><P>The peregrine falcon (<I>Falco peregrinus</I>) is without a
doubt the fastest animal on earth. It has been clocked in diving
speeds of up to 90 meters per second and is quite possibly the
most efficient of all predators.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/ChrisSantoro.shtml"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD align="center">"In stoop at prey,
      one passed an airplane diving at 175 miles per hour"</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/ChrisSantoro.shtml"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD align="center">"The champion is the
      peregrine falcon, it strikes prey while diving at speeds at an
      average of 112 miles per hour."</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/ChrisSantoro.shtml"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD align="center">"Peregines [sic] are
      large, grace birds that can reach speeds up to 250 km/hr, making
      them the fastest creatures on earth."</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/ChrisSantoro.shtml"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD align="center">"The peregrine is most
      completely adapted to long distance hunting on the wing. In horizontal
      swoop dives, it reaches extraordinary speeds. The swooping speed
      of one which wintered on the tower of Cologne Cathedral and hunted
      pigeons from there was measured accurately at 70-90 meters per
      second."</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/ChrisSantoro.shtml">"The peregrine falcon
      is perhaps the fastest animal on earth. In a stoop, or dive,
      the peregrine has been clocked at speeds of over 180 miles per
      hour."</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7B6468C6-7A5B-4D6D-BE5A-B2CA7CCBF5D0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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