Eagle Snatches Kid

[slonezp]

http://youtu.be/pecV8i8M2J0

[Hi Salenity]

WOW!!!

[retiredbosn]

On Alaska State troopers (nat geo) they were talking about escorting the kids to school because of eagle attacks.

[Bankbeater]

I wonder if the eagle thought the baby was some sort of small animal?

[Bankbeater]

Now they are saying it was faked.

[deaknh03]

I wonder if the eagle thought the baby was some sort of small animal?

Babies are small animals, literally.

[BassinLou]

"Holy ****" I have never seen anything like that. From catfish eating pigeons to eagles snatching babies. CRAZY!!!

[flyfisher]

Part of a hoax the Internet project for a 3d digital class. Still very nicely done....

[J Francho]

http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2012/12/literally-unbelievable-video-golden-eagle-snatching-baby-literally-unbelievable

[scrutch]

Totally CGI. fake.

[deaknh03]

I choose to believe it happened.

[Glenn]

Total fake: http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/19/16021454-that-kid-snatching-eagle-video-fake?lite

I live around eagles, and knew instantly that this was a fake. That didn't look like a golden eagle for one, and that "baby" was way too big for an eagle to target.

[Quillback]

They should have saved it for April Fools Day.

[quanjig]

Go to YouTube and search golden eagle, watch them pull mountain goats off the side of mountains and think they wouldn't be opportunistic in snatching a small child!

[jignfule]

Can't believe what you see anymore.

[Fish Chris]

I wonder if the eagle thought the baby was some sort of small animal?

A baby IS a small animal. A juvenile **** Sapiens, to be more specific.

BTW, Golden Eagles (larger than Bald Eagles) can / do commonly catch / kill Coyotes ! I'm sure they would prefer a smaller, or weaker, or sick Coyote... But if they don't have any choice....

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Oh ! Hey ! True story....

About 2 years ago, we had two dogs here. One was a medium sized mutt (Rhani). Probably say, 25-30 lbs ? So, I was sitting in my bed room, with the sliding door open. All of the sudden, Rhani starts just screaming, squealing, and basically flipping the heck out, like somebody was trying to kill her ! I jumped up and ran for the back door, but just as I got to it, she came bolting past me into my room ! A quick look over her didn't reveal any injuries, but you would have thought she was dying for all her screaming !

I went outside with a flash light, but could not find anything to explain what had just happened ???

So, the next evening (still barely light) Rhani was sitting in my room, looking out through the open sliding door...... but didn't want to go out {very unusual for her}. When she suddenly starts growling, and backing back into my room ? So, I go to the back door, and I look all around the back yard..... Finally, I look up to the support piece on top of a telephone pole, and their was a HUGE Hawk sitting up there, looking down toward my room, eying Rhani at my back door !

Guaranteed it tried to catch / kill our smaller dog the night before ! Good thing it wasn't a smaller dog ! A Chihuahua, or something that size, would have been a goner..... and an easy meal !

Birds of prey are SOOO coool though

Here's a couple shots I took of a Juvenile Golden Eagle near my home here in Nor Ca......

Peace.

Fish