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Fig. 1

From: Hawks steer attacks using a guidance system tuned for close pursuit of erratically manoeuvring targets

Fig. 1

Sequence of video frames from a representative attack. Five captive Harris’ Hawks chased a lure pulled at speed around a randomised zigzagging course of pulleys and tunnels. a Hawk initiating banked turn, with its inside wing pitched down and its outside wing pitched up;b hawk at a high bank angle 0.25 s later, with its head held such that the eyes are approximately level; c hawk fully banked another 0.05 s later, with its head still held with the eyes approximately level; d hawk captures lure with one foot. Lure is circled yellow if visible

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