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Awesome Arctic Animals
Answer:
Peregrine Falcon
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Kiggaviarjuk
means peregrine falcon in Inuktitut.
Dididididi .... A chattering snow bunting darts low over the flowered
carpet that covers the tundra. On a nearby cliff, a dogfighter's black-helmeted
head jerks in the direction of the movement and its keen, yellow-goggled eyes
focus in on the target. The sleek gunner throws itself off the cliff and,
in a silent lightening dive, bolts headlong towards the unsuspecting smaller
aircraft. Pow! From a sudden cloud of feathers, the bunting plops to the ground
and the fighter plane lands beside it. With a flurry of talons and mandibles,
the falcon quickly finishes the bunting off, then rises with it in its clutches
to its hangar on the cliff side.
Photo
Credit:
© Richard
Fife, Environment Canada/Canadian Wildlife Services.
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