The falcon was eating breakfast when a smaller bird flapped into frame, seemingly unfazed by the bird of prey lurking nearby.

Frightful, a six-year-old peregrine falcon ... Cheetahs, sailfish, and black cutworm moths all top out at about 70 mph. When Frightful is stooping—diving after prey—from nearly three miles ...

The raptors may top the food chain in the wild, but here the predators can themselves become the prey ... A single falcon can fetch up to tens of thousands of dollars on the black market ...