Berkut attack. A hard fall of a chamois from a cliff.

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one of the most famous birds of prey of the hawk family, the largest eagle. The golden eagle has the status of a rare species in the Red Book of Russia. Avoids residential areas, sensitive to human disturbance. In most of the range it lives sedentary, keeps in pairs near the nest, on the northern periphery of the distribution area and high mountains, some birds migrate to less snowy areas. It hunts a wide variety of game, most often hares, rodents and many species of birds. Sometimes it attacks sheep, calves and deer cubs. There are usually two eggs in a clutch, but most often only one chick survives. In Central Asia, the golden eagle is used for commercial hunting of foxes, hares, sometimes wolves and goitered gazelles.

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