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Interesting Facts, Peregrine Falcon: *They have specially designed respiratory systems (they can go up to about 200 MPH!!!);"the Peregrine Falcon maintains a one-way flow of air so that it can breathe while flying. The Peregrine Falcon also has cones in its nostrils to help regulate breathing at high speeds. Its circulatory system also needs to be exceptionally strong, because flying takes lots of oxygen" *Mate for life *Female is 3 times as large as male *There is an upper limit as to how much fat the bird can store on its body, (except, possibly, prior to migration) *They live on all continents EXCEPT Antarctica, where there IS a subspecies of Peregrine. worldanimalfoundation.net/f/Falcon.pdf
Posted on: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 00:44:34 +0000

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