Falconry was everywhere. From England to Japan. While Falconry was mainly used for hunting smaller game, I’m sure that nowadays, we would have plenty of use for falcons in everyday life.
Like what if there was a zombie apocalypse? You could survive for a while off of the game your bird collects. Suppose the neighbor’s small dog keeps leaving presents in your lawn. I’m sure that the dog would learn to stop if it was dropped from a variable height every time it strolled by.
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(Leonidas Bird will find you)
Maybe the power goes down in your city and your friend is going to ask the girl you like out on a date via messenger pigeon. Send your bird high in the sky and intercept that letter! I’m sure you could use a laser pointer and train your hawk to send messages for you. Best way to send a Valentines too.
Falconry is cool for hunting or shows, but imagine if we had birds fighting along side dog and man. I’m sure that within a few years, the genius nuts at DARPA would give that hawk some sick gadgets. The Falcon-guy would be the elite warrior of every squad.
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PEWPEW! PEWPEWPEW!
Unfortunately, falconry is not as common as it should be. I think that would make a great club for school. Or just a really cool local organization.
But one drawback to a society with more falconers, is that you’d see a hecka lot more of this guy:
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As if we need more middle-aged men, COMPLETELY obsessed with Falcons.
(And what the heck is he wearing? A peacoat-spandex-onesie?)
But he did bring us this…
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