POV: Ride on the Back of a Soaring Falcon | National Geographic

Do you want to get a bird's-eye view—a soaring falcon's, in fact? Watch exclusive POV footage recorded from a flight of a trained falcon named Genghis. Genghis is part of Falcon Force, a team of raptors that are trained in bird abatement at farms and vineyards. For this video, he carries a small camera that captures the fast swoops and deep dives that make the peregrine falcon a deadly predator.

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[jdsk]

FALCON: Hold on tight, little fella, because this gonna be a wild ride.

[nidhishshivashankar]

I’ve never been so jealous of birds in my life, look at that agility

[dickjohnson]

Top dive speed is much higher than 200mph. Falcon “frightful” was clocked at 242mph and scientists calculate that terminal velocity is somewhere around 348mph.

[imascrew]

I want to be a fucking bird so BAD!!!! :-d

[nathanbrowne]

people and birds of prey have worked together for thousands of years, its a symbiotic relationship.

[tiffanyzette]

Amazing. I imagine why some people say they wanna be birds...

[dream.machine]

So a peregrine can see at 256k resolution (256000x144000) @1:47

[juandeldiablo]

Why not putting the camera on birds chest, I think we can get a better view no??

[JoaDrath]

That's a real nice birb right there.

[wendy]

omg he's so cute I love his little hat 😍

[MichaelBrown-wosi]

NEVER BEEN DONE?!! WTF i seen someone do this ages ago

[vidalramirez]

If it were Falcon I would never be late for my job.

[emperortethysusdacertified]

Is this what it's like to ride a Dragon? How can Hiccup handle it without getting sick? (Obvious HTTYD joke is obvious)

[fazza]

You dont need a drone when you have a falcon right !!

[vidalramirez]

Si fuera Halcón nunca llegaría tarde a mi trabajo.

[theenzoferrari]

This is why the Hayabusa is named after them.

[juliusosborne]

4 years before wren did it on corridor

[Kus]

Negative thoughts when i see the word POV

[dc]

Here from the guy that said he was the first ever to do it

[MultiSlawa]

this is funny, my hearts gonna pounding hehe