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  2. Hemolymph - Wikipedia

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    An open circulatory system is made up of a heart, vessels, and hemolymph. This diagram shows how the hemolymph is circulated throughout the body of a grasshopper. The hemolymph is first pumped through the heart, into the aorta, dispersed into the head and throughout the hemocoel, then back through the ostia that are located in the heart, where ...

  3. Shaheen falcon - Wikipedia

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    The shaheen falcon (Falco peregrinus peregrinator) is a non-migratory subspecies of the peregrine falcon found in southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to southeastern China. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It has also been described as a migratory subspecies. [ 4 ]

  4. Falcon - Wikipedia

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    The largest falcon is the gyrfalcon at up to 65 cm (26 in) in length. The smallest falcon species is the pygmy falcon, which measures just 20 cm (7.9 in). As with hawks and owls, falcons exhibit sexual dimorphism, with the females typically larger than the males, thus allowing a wider range of prey species. [10]

  5. Peregrine falcon - Wikipedia

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    The male (called the "tiercel") and the female (simply called the "falcon") both leave the nest to gather prey to feed the young. [58] The hunting territory of the parents can extend a radius of 19 to 24 km (12 to 15 mi) from the nest site. [96] Chicks fledge 42 to 46 days after hatching, and remain dependent on their parents for up to two ...

  6. What is the Difference Between a Falcon and a Hawk? - AOL

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    The practice of keeping and training any bird of prey is called “falconry” no matter the species of bird. Hawks are often used in the sport, as are other birds. Seen from a distance in the ...

  7. Lanner falcon - Wikipedia

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    A large falcon, it preys on birds and bats. [2] Most likely either the lanner or peregrine falcon was the sacred species of falcon to the ancient Egyptians, [3] and some ancient Egyptian deities, like Ra and Horus, were often represented as a man with the head of a lanner falcon.

  8. List of Falconidae - Wikipedia

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    Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey and includes caracaras, laughing falcon, forest falcons, falconets, pygmy falcons, falcons and kestrels.They are small to medium-sized birds of prey, ranging in size from the black-thighed falconet, which can weigh as little as 35 grams (1.2 oz), to the gyrfalcon, which can weigh as much as 1,735 grams (61.2 oz).

  9. Eleonora's falcon - Wikipedia

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    Eleonora's falcon (Falco eleonorae) is a medium-sized falcon. It belongs to the hobby group, a rather close-knit number of similar falcons often considered a subgenus Hypotriorchis . The sooty falcon is sometimes considered its closest relative, but while they certainly belong to the same lineage, they do not seem to be close sister species .