Bird attacks cat, bad idea

[lxskllr]

A week or so ago in the hummingbird thread I asked if there were any Falconers here. I think that would just be about the greatest hobby one could have. Something about having a giant bird of prey at your command just speaks to me and calls my name!

EDIT: yep, there are websites for that:

http://www.falconers.com/articles/beginners/
http://www.falconryacademy.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=31
http://www.falconryoutfitters.com/learn_falconry



@ZINFAMOUS: Do we dare start the ATOT Aspiring Falconers Association?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re644qgnCtw

 

[highland145]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re644qgnCtw

That is pretty impressive. Liked the double team at 2:20.

 

[spidey07]

That is my understanding as well, something like 150-200 mph in full dive mode. However, I recently learned the fastest muscle movement of any animal belongs to the trapjaw ant. It snaps its mandible from an 180 degree angle to shut at over 140 mph. I think it gets owned in this video however.

http://science.discovery.com/videos/monster-bug-wars-trap-jaw-vs-ant-lion.html

This (monster bug wars) is a great show BTW, just started season 2 on the Science Channel.

I think the mantis or pistol shrimp would have that beat.

 

[davmat787]

I think the mantis or pistol shrimp would have that beat.

Not according to the experts in the show. One is a prof from an Australian university, the others vary but all have the creds. They were very definitive and unambiguous that it was the single fastest movement. *shrug*

EDIT: Pistol shrimp has been clocked upto 60mph, but it does not need to be faster as it uses sound rather than a physical movement itself. But, it has been recorded creating a peak pressure level of 218 decibels! Amazing adaption.

"The snapping shrimp competes with much larger animals like the Sperm Whale and Beluga Whale for the title of 'loudest animal in the sea'. The animal snaps a specialized claw shut to create a cavitation bubble that generates acoustic pressures of up to 80 kPa at a distance of 4 cm from the claw. As it extends out from the claw, the bubble reaches speeds of 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) and releases a sound reaching 218 decibels.[8] The pressure is strong enough to kill small fish.[9] It corresponds to a zero to peak pressure level of 218 decibels relative to one micropascal (dB re 1 μPa), equivalent to a zero to peak source level of 190 dB re 1 μPa at the standard reference distance of 1 m. Au and Banks measured peak to peak source levels between 185 and 190 dB re 1 μPa at 1 m, depending on the size of the claw.[10] Similar values are reported by Ferguson and Cleary.[11] The duration of the click is less than 1 millisecond."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpheidae

 

[shocksyde]

To kill a mockingbird great book . I have one hunter cat. He brings birds and squirrels rabbits and snake home . Strange cat . Has never made the kill.

But can your cat predict earthquakes!??!?!

 

[Iron Woode]

But can your cat predict earthquakes!??!?!

the answer is yes.

cats can sense earthquakes before they hit. My cat went nuts five mins before a 3.4 quake hit here way back in 1983.

Dogs sense them as well.

 

[highland145]

the answer is yes.

cats can sense earthquakes before they hit. My cat went nuts five mins before a 3.4 quake hit here way back in 1983.

Dogs sense them as well.

So nothing in the last 4 or so weeks? Go figure.

 

[shocksyde]

the answer is yes.

cats can sense earthquakes before they hit. My cat went nuts five mins before a 3.4 quake hit here way back in 1983.

Dogs sense them as well.

Sensing it 5 minutes before it hits is different than a prediction.

 

[Iron Woode]

Sensing it 5 minutes before it hits is different than a prediction.

I know, but its better than nothing.

 

[zinfamous]

I think the mantis or pistol shrimp would have that beat.

it probably has force. I also saw the thing about the trapjaw ant. speed and muscle twitch isn't necessarily force

I think the trapjaw ant uses those jaws for flinging itself around, right?

I think the mantis shrimp has been measured to produce an impact force similar to that of a magnum .44.

😱

 

[zinfamous]

I know, but its better than nothing.

hey, still better than the ~30 second warning system that most of the experts currently suggest as being possible, at billions of dollars of cost.

😉