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#hawks

The curtain will rise on the 2025-26 season in Oklahoma City on Oct. 21, when the defending champion Thunder will celebrate their first championship as they host former Thunder star Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets. And while much of the preseason is about rounding into shape and getting to the start of the season healthy, there are still things that can be gleaned from the early October action.

A young bird of prey learning to hunt has a varied diet, which can include small rodents like squirrels, particularly when food is scarce.

The researcher Vladimir Dinets was surprised to observe that a young Cooper's hawk utilized traffic patterns to hide while hunting, marking a notable intelligence in raptors.