We need to talk about tiny falconets

[Judi Lynn]

IMAGE CREDIT: Wang LiQiang


BY BEC CREW | OCTOBER 3, 2018
Sometimes an animal is so darned cute, it’s almost weird it exists.

Bec Crew

We all know why kittens and puppies are cute – it’s an evolutionary survival mechanism that prevents predators like us from killing them.

But why fierce little assassins like falconets have to look this adorable is anyone’s guess:



Falconets are the smallest birds of prey in the world, with the black-thighed falconet (Microhierax fringillarius) from South East Asia being the tiniest of them all.

These diminutive hunters are just 14–16 centimetres long, with a 27–32 cm wingspan, which makes them about the size of a sparrow, or Australia’s minute emu-wrens, which weigh no more than a teaspoon of sugar.

More:
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/creatura-blog/2018/10/we-need-to-talk-about-tiny-falconets/

[Doreen]

1. I need to get this out of the way, I WANT ONE!!!

OK, now that I have that unrealistic thought out of the way. Those are both cute and beautiful birds at the same time.

[2naSalit]

2. Wow!

Amazing little birds! Our smallest falcon is the American Kestrel, probably four times the size of these.

[Solly Mack]

3. So adorable!