Leather part for their skins. Kangaroo leather is used to make items that must be strong and flexible. It is the material most commonly used in bullwhips. Some motorcyclists favor kangaroo leather for motorcycle leathers because of its light weight and abrasion resistance. Kangaroo leather is also used for falconry jesses, soccer footwear, and boxing speed bags. Although originally raised for their feathers in the 19th century, ostriches are now more popular for both meat and leather. Ostrich leather has a characteristic "goose bump" look because of the large follicles where the feathers grew. Different processes produce different finishes for many
Falconry Falconry Falconry is the hunting of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey. There are two traditional terms used to describe a person involved in falconry: a falconer flies a falcon; an austringer (German origin) flies a hawk ("Accipiter" and some buteos and similar) or an eagle ("Aquila" or similar). In modern falconry, the red-tailed hawk ("Buteo jamaicensis"), the Harris's hawk ("Parabuteo unicinctus"), and the peregrine falcon ("Falco perigrinus") are some of the more commonly used birds of prey. The practice of hunting with a conditioned falconry bird is also called