peregrine
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“He is a mix between a bird of prey, like a peregrine falcon, with extremely streamlined shapes — of course a feline but also a Mexican salamander called an axolotl,” Otto says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2025
"Those birds, in turn, then provide a food source for some of the more charismatic birds, like peregrine falcons or kestrels."
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025
She compares him to a peregrine falcon because “his frame rate operates at an entirely different speed to everybody else’s.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025
The incident at St Peter and St Paul's church in Cromer, Norfolk, caused the female peregrine to leave her nest and chick "for a considerable amount of time", police said.
From BBC • May 30, 2024
“Captain Balan,” said the peregrine, “it is rude to whisper. We will proceed to swear the new officer in. Now, padre, if you please.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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