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Show Eagle Trained to Hunt In Manner of Falconry In days of old, falconry and hawking, the sport of hunting with birds, was a popular pastime in both Asia and Europe. It consists in training the falcon, goshawk, and other birds to capture their prey for man, rather than to devour de-vour it. In a modern application of falconry, Dan and Jule Mannix, naturalists and explorers, have trained a golden eagle, which they have named Tequila, to hunt and bring back its subdued quarryto them. Biggest game yet tackled by the eagle, which has an eight-foot wingspread, is a giant iguana lizard, liz-ard, five feet long, not including its whiplike tail. Tequila grips its leathery adversary and holds it to the ground with one powerful claw until the reptile becomes exhausted exhaust-ed with its futile struggles to escape. |