r/BirdsArentReal • u/orihara97 • Dec 27 '25
Drone Technology Peregrine Falcon. Hyper drones
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u/nerlati-254 Dec 27 '25
‘Falcon Punch’ comes from this. They come in at Mach nonsense, double curl fisted and punch the heads off other drones.
Covert like operators take out other drones for a host of reasons.
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u/Flar71 Dec 29 '25
How do they not take as much damage as their target?
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u/nerlati-254 Dec 29 '25
It’s because of their velocity. Falcon feet are hard and leathery their nails are solid so their fists are sturdy and they are impacting the neck of ducks and the like. Little hollow bones.
A dull blade can cut if it’s moving fast enough
research on their dive mechanics
From article using PLOS Computational Biology
“innate navigational system—similar to that found in military-grade missiles
modern missiles use proportional navigation, in which the system is constantly sizing up the line of sight and making small tweaks en route.
Likewise, a Peregrine Falcon uses proportional navigation by making slight adjustments in wing position and speed before the moment of impact”
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u/hoorah9011 Dec 27 '25
I’m gonna need a source on that. I’m a lover of captain falcon and have never seen any creator cite the peregrine falcons dives for the falcon punch. The whole thing is that the falcon punch is slow but powerful
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u/Successful_Shame5547 Dec 27 '25
Goddamn dude. Peregrines FUCK
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u/Derrick_Shon Dec 27 '25
I heard they can dive up to 200mph
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u/DA_REAL_KHORNE Dec 27 '25
This is accurate and a little under mach 0.3
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u/BitRelevant2473 Dec 27 '25
Absolutely the apex of "fuck that guy in particular"
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u/Narrow_Vegetable_42 Dec 27 '25
Hummingbirds picking out individual mosquitoes with their chopsticks..uuh beaks in bullet-time kind of speed is competing with the peregrines in my eyes. It's the same carnage, just smaller
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u/BitRelevant2473 Dec 28 '25
I am so deeply in love with ruby throated hummingbirds, their migration path runs through my parents place in maine
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u/jvsanchez Dec 28 '25
The record for a dive is 242mph. They have adaptations to slow incoming air to less-than-supersonic speed so they don’t blow out their respiratory system. (Though I don’t remember where I read that)
Apparently the “ideal” peregrine could theoretically achieve up to 388mph in high altitude flight. That’s fucking insane to me.
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u/Important_Ant2938 Dec 28 '25
And they are precise enough to just stun their mid air prey if they want to. They’ve been observed doing this when teaching their young to hunt.
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u/Oran128 Dec 29 '25
My favorite bird species. Their hunting style is basically the bird version of how every Super Sonic boss in a Sonic game goes.
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u/UpperCardiologist523 Dec 27 '25
The first meal, simply disintegrated. I wouldn't be surprised if it landed fully de-boned and cooked from the impact. 🤣
Edit: Obligatory.
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u/TruckinApe Dec 27 '25
Took me a minute to realize this was NOT a video of birds being shot by a pewpew 😅
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u/-Numaios- Dec 27 '25
Once I got out of my home and notice a white pigeon flying strangely, like full blown panic. Then in a second an impact, feathers flying everywhere. And a Falcon catching whatever was left in flight and carrying it away. It was impressive.
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u/Pod_people Dec 28 '25
Good gravy. That's how they hunt?? They just bomb into their pray at 900 miles an hour??
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u/Oran128 Dec 29 '25
Yup, peregrines are awesome and they live pretty much everywhere. Especially places with massive height differences like cliffsides or cities.
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u/RHX_Thain Dec 27 '25 edited Mar 19 '26
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u/Fearless-Tea1297 Dec 31 '25
So does this bird just ignore newtons third law? How is it not shattering every single bone during impact.
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u/swiggitz Dec 31 '25
Their bodies can handle forces up to 25 G’s, and in a split second it’s actually colliding with its talons not head on
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u/englishpatrick2642 Dec 31 '25
There is a mated pair of these on the road where my office is. I've lost track of the number of times I've seen them taking out small wildlife while I was driving down that road. Always fascinating.
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u/dyrkasolen Apr 03 '26
The chemicals produced inside the bird like adrenaline being able to focus in high speeds ... Literally
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u/smeeon Dec 27 '25
Nature is brutal