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A safe landing. But if she's to master the artof extreme urban flight, her parents have...

A safe landing. But if she's to master the artof extreme urban flight, her parents have their work cut out. Peregrines spend monthsteaching their young. For a few weeks a year, look up in London and you might see this flightschool above you. Adults perform manoeuvresfor the chicks to copy

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A safe landing
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But if she's to master the art of extreme urban flight
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her parents have their work cut out
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Peregrines spend months teaching their young
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For a few weeks a year
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look up in London
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and you might see this flight school above you
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Adults perform manoeuvres for the chicks to copy
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00:36:02
Uploaded
Jan 31, 2026

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For advanced training, parents first demonstrate the tricky...
It's not easy. - Wild London 00:15
It's not easy.
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With a social nature and a bold approach, parakeets have...
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Some animals do so well here they become a bit of a...
..the leopard slug mating dance. - Wild London 00:06
..the leopard slug mating dance.
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Slugs are hermaphrodites, each one is both male and female.
As they dangle from a line of mucus, both are impregnated. - Wild London 00:07
As they dangle from a line of mucus, both are impregnated.
For such maligned animals, their copulation is strangely mesmerising. - Wild London 00:08
For such maligned animals, their copulation is strangely...
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But it only leads to one thing - more slugs.
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By the end of summer, there can be as many as 14,000 slugs...
A female hedgehog. - Wild London 00:18
A female hedgehog.
Her mating this season clearly was successful. - Wild London 00:06
Her mating this season clearly was successful.
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Slugs and snails are their favourite.
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