Super Senses of Birds of Prey | Raptors: A Fistful of Daggers

Learn about the astonishing ways that raptors, the world’s most successful predators, are adapted to difficult environments and challenging prey. This video from Nature’s Raptors: A Fistful of Daggers: Meet the Raptors focuses on the role that these amazing birds’ highly evolved senses play in their hunt for food. Each of three species from the episode provide an example of a “super-sense,” a sensory ability that enables them to find and obtain food even in the harshest environments. Students watch the episode segment to learn more about these raptors’ superlative abilities.