Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Faster Than A Speeding Bullet

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s…ok, well, I guess it is a bird, but it is flying crazy fast! The peregrine falcon is an amazing creature. It is in fact the fastest creature in the world! The peregrine is a raptor that cruises high in the sky looking for small flying birds on which to prey. When it sees a bird, it drops into a spectacular dive reaching speeds of 200 mph and catches the bird midair. It is amazing that the bird can go that incredible fast and doesn’t injure itself when it tries to pull out of the super fast dive. God certainly showed how great He is when He designed the peregrine falcon.

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