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Aired (October 29, 2023): Join Doc Ferds Recio in the United Arab Emirates as he visits a specialized clinic for falcons. Watch this video.

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00:00 A Peregrine falcon is watching

00:05 Later, when it returns to its place

00:09 It beats a dead panicky

00:13 Today, we will get to know the animals of the hippopotamus

00:26 Raptors or birds of prey are called by some people

00:30 that eat living animals as prey

00:33 Their group is considered the strongest of all birds

00:39 They have superpowers that other birds don't have

00:43 As a group, they are the fastest bird in the world

00:50 The Peregrine falcon is the fastest

00:53 of all birds

00:55 They can fly at 300 km/h

01:01 I went to a nesting site of the Peregrine falcon

01:09 This is where I saw how fast these birds can fly

01:13 But on the other side, a young Peregrine falcon is getting used to it

01:22 It's time to meet the young ones

01:24 Right now, they're starting to discover their surroundings

01:31 They're starting to develop themselves

01:36 for their preparation for flying

01:38 We're seeing actually four young ones

01:42 and they're fledging already

01:44 The juvenile or young birds are called fledgling

01:49 The young birds are not fast

01:52 but they're slowly flying

01:56 Our companion said that when he first saw them here

02:00 they're still at a low level

02:02 but slowly they go up and up

02:04 and they're starting to spread their wings

02:06 So in a matter of probably days

02:09 maybe a little more than a week

02:11 they will start to fledge on their own

02:13 [Music]

02:24 But they need to rely on their parents

02:27 when it comes to food

02:29 [Music]

02:37 They hunt in mid-air

02:39 So the birds that fly are the ones they'll chase

02:42 and they'll hunt them

02:44 to eat them or feed them to their own kind

02:48 like what we're seeing now

02:49 Raptors like Peregrine falcon have sharp beaks or jaws

02:55 They use it to tear apart the prey

03:02 Raptors help in controlling the population of wild animals

03:10 but they also have a benefit for humans

03:14 In Mongolia, the president and partners of the Golden Eagle

03:24 hunt animals every winter

03:37 Animals go out in the cold

03:40 but because the eyes of the Golden Eagle are sharp

03:44 they can see them right away

03:46 Every day, Kazakhs climb the mountains

03:51 to get the young eagle in their nest

03:53 But before they become skilled in hunting

03:58 they need to get used to it

04:00 [Music]

04:09 When the target is torn apart

04:15 they'll use their speed

04:18 and sharp beaks to catch it

04:21 [Music]

04:28 Because of the help of the Golden Eagle

04:31 in the life of the Kazakhs

04:33 they consider it their family

04:35 [Music]

04:43 It's time to say goodbye to the parents

04:46 We finally got what we were looking for

04:52 the North Philippine Hawk Eagle

04:54 which is called Baguis

04:56 [Music]

04:59 Using its sharp beak

05:01 it tears apart the meat of an animal

05:04 [Music]

05:21 When it's full, it rests

05:23 [Music]

05:26 While resting, the one who gets it

05:29 is its caretaker, the Mboy

05:31 But before, Baguis relied on the Mboy to eat

05:35 Now Baguis is the one who usually

05:40 gets its food in the wild

05:42 There it is

05:47 There it is

05:48 Baguis will go around the forest

05:50 and pick the trees one by one

05:53 Why are you eating?

05:54 There

05:55 It's really looking for food

05:59 There it is

06:01 And when the prey is caught

06:03 There

06:04 It will bring it near its nest

06:07 and it will lay eggs there

06:08 There, there's Baguis

06:10 There, it caught something

06:12 from the tree

06:14 After hunting and feeding

06:19 it's time to take a bath

06:21 [Music]

06:23 Before, Baguis was bathed by the Mboy

06:26 Now, it can take a bath alone

06:30 When the eagles are able to stand on their own feet

06:34 this is where the real battle begins

06:37 But not everyone is successful

06:41 Like what happened to the three-year-old

06:45 Philippine Eagle, Pamana

06:48 It was found in the jungle

06:49 dead and with bullets in its chest

06:53 Last year

06:55 another Philippine Eagle was found dead

06:57 in the middle of the Sarangani Basin

06:59 According to the Philippine Eagle Foundation

07:03 the king bird drowned in the sea

07:05 but it was found with bullets in its body

07:08 The Philippine Eagle is usually shot

07:13 to catch and eat

07:16 Because of this, their species is critically endangered

07:20 In the Philippines

07:25 birds of prey like the eagle are killed

07:28 In Abu Dhabi

07:33 the Turing is a VIP to some of them

07:35 They breed and take care of the raptors

07:38 like the Peregrine Falcon

07:40 Falcons are important to the Emirati culture

07:44 and their animals

07:45 They helped them in finding food that day

07:51 Because of this, a specialized clinic was built for them

07:56 Dr. Mueller will show us

08:00 what they do for the physical examination of falcons

08:03 It is not allowed in UAE

08:08 to use any wild falcon for falconry

08:11 either to catch a wild falcon

08:13 or to use it for falconry or any other purpose

08:15 All falcons that you are seeing here

08:17 are coming from captive breeding centers

08:19 Like humans

08:21 the endoscopy is done on the falcons

08:23 for the examination

08:25 And now, we enter with the endoscope

08:30 If the falcon is healthy

08:32 it will be sent to the training

08:34 to hunt for food

08:37 [Music]

08:39 At present

08:47 there are 21 species of raptors or birds of prey

08:50 in the Philippines

08:51 But no matter how strong they are

08:56 they still have no match

08:58 to the people who are taking their homes

09:01 According to the Global Forest Watch

09:05 from 2001 to 2022

09:07 the tree cover loss in the Philippines

09:09 is almost 1.42 million hectares

09:11 89% of this loss is due to deforestation

09:16 or the lack of long-term cutting of trees

09:19 The birds of prey's body was designed

09:22 to do their job

09:24 to control the population of wild animals

09:27 But due to the lack of forest

09:32 the raptors are losing their food

09:36 The question is

09:38 how will they survive

09:40 in the next few years?

09:42 [Music]

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09:53 [Music]

10:06 you

Doc Ferds Recio visits a specialized falcon clinic in the United Arab Emirates | Born to be Wild

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