trousers Posted 19 December, 2012 Share Posted 19 December, 2012 Close one! [video=youtube_share;CE0Q904gtMI] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 19 December, 2012 Share Posted 19 December, 2012 bloody hell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 19 December, 2012 Share Posted 19 December, 2012 crikey, my grand-daughter is that size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 19 December, 2012 Share Posted 19 December, 2012 Jeez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halo Stickman Posted 19 December, 2012 Share Posted 19 December, 2012 When being photographed you should always watch the birdie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Tone Posted 19 December, 2012 Share Posted 19 December, 2012 Very hard to believe that video is not faked ..though I admit that if so, it is a bloody good fake. Eagles are shy of humans, and unlikely to take even their usual prey near to people. (I've spent hours bird-watching and only ever seen them at a distance through a telescope.) There has never been a recorded case of a child being snatched as far as I know. They have been seen to take prey up to and including small lambs, but usually stick to rabbits and smaller. They more usually kill on the ground too, instead of snatching the prey. Their talons are really sharp with a powerful grip, so if that really was a child being attacked it would be injured, with severe puncture wounds. I see that elsewhere on the web some who think it is a fake are questioning the way the bird's shadow appears to disappear for a frame or two. Who knows? That's too technical for me. Fake or real, it is a damn good video! Also worth a look is http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/klipp/116233/ --an amazing clip where male capacaillie (basically a type of grouse) are so busy 'lecking' (facing up to show which is the superior male) that they ignore an eagle attacking them and one even tries to out-face the eagle instead of escaping. The eagle is somewhat bemused! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVSaint Posted 19 December, 2012 Share Posted 19 December, 2012 Fake but cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 20 December, 2012 Share Posted 20 December, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 20 December, 2012 Share Posted 20 December, 2012 Sorry Trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Tone Posted 20 December, 2012 Share Posted 20 December, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20798561 now confirmed as a fake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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