hello everyone,

i recently found a sweet video that i thought you might enjoy. this
video captures red kites in the UK that are foraging on bacon scraps
that were set out for them. the photographer captured the birds on
film at 2500fps and then slowed the footage down 100 times so we can
clearly see the the tremendous turbulence of the air passing over
their backs as they swoop to the ground and we can also see the change
in the birds' pupils as they grab a piece of bacon:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/punctuated-equilibrium/2011/may/05/1

cheers,

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