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How a desert cat uses its super ears to hunt birds in mid-flight

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This footage of a desert cat taking out a bird in mid-flight is another impressive reminder of the astonishing power of natural evolution. The small but agile caracal uses 20 muscles —in three distinct groups—to independently control each of its ears, which act as supersensitive parabolic sound antennas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4e6PsA6mmI


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