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This Is Incredible': Watch Nature Conquer the World's Tallest Building With Ease
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This Is Incredible': Watch Nature Conquer the World's Tallest Building With Ease

"[B]reathtaking."

It's a bird!

It's a plane!

It's...a bird with a camera strapped to its back soaring from the tallest building in the world.

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On Saturday, Darshan the eagle set a new world record — and captured incredible footage of Dubai, United Arab Emirates — flying from the tallest skyscraper mankind has ever built.

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Organized by the Freedom Conservation group, the flight from the top of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai was the highest recorded bird flight from a manmade structure ever, NBC News reported.

At some 2,717 feet, the Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world, yet after being launched from the building's apex, Darshan was able to scan the city below, employing an eagle's legendary eyesight, until he spotted his trainer on the ground far below and swooped in for a landing.

Watch the amazing flight below:

The flight has blown away those who have watched it.

"This is incredible," wrote one commenter on Reddit. "You can see the eagle's compensating reflexes keeping its head steady in mid air while its entire body is in motion. Allowing the bird to spot the guy on the ground from a ridiculous height. Birds are amazing."

A commenter on YouTube chimed in, "The fly around was beyond anything I have seen but that dive to its master was breathtaking! WOW!"

Saturday's flight in Dubai may have been the record-breaker, but the Freedom eagles have taken the world on bird's-eye-view tours of other iconic cities as well, including Paris...

...and London.

Learn more about Freedom Conservation at the organization's website here.

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