World’s Fastest Animal Peregrine Falcon That Flew From Finland Killed In Delta

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World's Fastest Animal Peregrine Falcon That Flew From Netherlands Killed In Delta

According to Google, and wikipedia, the Peregrine Falcon is the fastest bird and ‘fastest member of the animal kingdom’. The Peregrine Falcon  is renowned for its speed, reaching over 320 km/h (200 mph) during its characteristic hunting stoop (high-speed dive).

National Geographic  has also measured  the highest speed of a peregrine falcon, putting it at 389 km/h (242 mph). To put this in better perspective, if the Peregrine Falcon were a car, it will the 13th fastest car in the world in 2020, beating even the latest Pagani Huayra-BC in speed, and almost be at per with the Bugatti Veyron super sport.

World's Fastest Animal Peregrine Falcon That Flew From Netherlands Killed In Delta

This remarkable bird, now endangered, is said to have flown in from Finlands, perhaps on an experimental trip to Delta  but unfortunately met it’s Waterloo. An iron tag which read “Museum 200L Helsinki Finland” was found attached to one of it’s claws.

See the tweet posted about the incident by a Twitter user @wakajugbe below:

As at press time, it remains yet unknown why the rare Falcon was killed, but many social media users allege local believes associating birds especially big ones with witchcraft as the reason.

Photos below:

World's Fastest Animal Peregrine Falcon That Flew From Netherlands Killed In Delta
World’s Fastest Animal Peregrine Falcon That Flew From Netherlands Killed In Delta

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  1. Adeyemi Adeleye says

    This pains so hard. NAIJA with their beliefs

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