A photo of 80 falcons on an airplane has really taken off.
Posted Monday on the discussion website Reddit with the caption, “Saudi prince bought ticket for his 80 hawks,” the photo of 80 ticketed, and presumably tethered, birds has gone viral and has made its way onto various sites as well as Twitter.
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It was purportedly taken by an airline captain, a friend of Reddit user lensoo , and shows a wide-body jet occupied by a bunch of hooded falcons along with a smaller number of people. Among the human passengers are some men in traditional Arab keffiyeh headdresses.
Lensoo referred to the birds as hawks, but the internet was quick to point out they are falcons.
Within 24 hours of the photo’s posting, there was worldwide response from television stations and publications wanting to use the charming pic, lensoo wrote.
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The Reddit post, however, gave no information about what city the plane departed from or where it was headed. Lensoo could not immediately be reached for comment.
According to the Times of India , falcons are the national bird of the United Arab Emirates and their air transport is not rare in the Middle East.
