Falcons ‘rapidly evolved hunter skill’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21885659
I love raptors – wrote a poem last year about meeting a falconer (and discussing the falcons’ sometimes-deadly speed) at Warwick Castle, you can read it here.
It turns out that missile skull of theirs, as well as other of their hunting perfection, evolved in a relatively-short period of time, in relative terms. They hurtle through evolution, as well as through the air, it seems…
One day I shall don the gauntlet myself and train a falcon…one day…