The Lanner Falcon is a powerful, swift, and well-equipped hunter. In addition to long, powerful talons, it has a special notch on its beak called a tomial tooth, like most other falcons. Lanner falcons can reach speeds of 90-100 mph in a dive, making them exceptionally quick hunters, though not as fast as peregrines.
Lanner Falcon
A new study reveals that flamingos are not passive filter feeders but active hunters of prey. Instead of chasing their diverse diet, they create disturbances in the water that force the food items to come to them, a much more efficient approach.
Here is one trying to create a disturbance in the water at Sylvan Heights Bird Park, but instead has colorful reflections.
Lionesses are the primary hunters of the pride. They are smaller and more agile than males and they use teamwork to bring an animal down. After a successful hunt, all the lions in the pride share the meal. But there is a pecking order, with the adult males eating first, followed by the lionesses and finally the cubs.
A lioness strolling at Gir National Park, Gujarat, India.
Lionesses are the primary hunters, while dominant males are responsible for protecting the pride’s territory. Lion prey includes deer, buffalo, and other grassland animals. Here is a lioness in Gir National Forest standing over a kill and carrying it away in the deep forest.
The modern design of The Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga in sharp contrast to the original section of the museum in The Faxon-Thomas Mansion …
The Old and New in Chattanooga