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- Title: Falcon with falconry hood
- Artist: Abyssal_One13
- Description: Falconry or hawking is a sport which involves the use of trained raptors (birds of prey) to hunt or pursue game for humans.Historically, falconry was a popular sport and status symbol among the nobles of medieval Europe and feudal Japan; in Japan the sport is called takagari. Eggs and chicks of birds of prey were quite rare and expensive, and because the process of raising and training a hawk or falcon requires a great deal of time, money, and space.
- Date: 04/25/2009
- Tags: falcon falconry hawk bird hooded
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- Klonoa of Phantomile - 04/28/2009
- brilliant! I love the background info.
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