A Libyan merchant buys a falcon for 450 thousand dollars (photos)
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A Libyan merchant bought a rare "Bahriya" falcon in an auction held in Tobruk, for an amount of 450 thousand US dollars.
Merchant Muhammad al-Saadawi said that "a group of fishermen managed to catch the peregrine falcon, which is known locally as 'Abhariya', a female cricket, near the Dowidar Well, south of Tobruk."
He added: "I bought it for two million and 250 thousand dinars, (equivalent to 450 thousand dollars), and this price is considered the first in the Arab world, because I follow the bird yard in the Gulf."
Activists on the communication sites in Libya circulated pictures of the bird.
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