Have you ever watched a falcon diving down from the sky? They are the fastest things in the natural world. They fly high up and then dive down to kill a bird or a small animal Some falcons can dive at 240 kph!
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More than a thousand years ago, the people from the desert of Arabia, the Bedouin, used to watch falcons catching birds and animals for food. The Bedouin lived mostly on dates, milk and bread because it was difficult to catch animals and birds
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Then they learned how to catch falcons. Soon, the Bedouin were eating meat their falcons catch for them.
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Their favourite bird was the large, long-legged houbara. They cooked it over a fire and tasted delicious
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Their favourite bird was the large, long-legged houbara. They cooked it over a fire and tasted delicious
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The Bedouin used to hunt on camels .They rode fast as they followed their flying falcons
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Falconry is a sport, not a necessity, and many falconers arrive in the deserts and valleys of Muthanna, Samarra and Dhi Qar in Iraq in air-conditioned 4WDs
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One disadvantage of this sport is that too many rare birds might be killed. If nothing done about this, there would soon be no birds left. However,
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. However, the government has set up protected area for birds. People cannot hunt there. These safe areas for birds also a good habitant for other animals. As a result, wildlife numbers have gone up and the environment is richer
