For real! This Spanish language video shows a massive golden eagle stalking, killing and eating a mountain goat (or possibly a deer?). Amazing nature clip! YouTube. (Thanks, Sirkowski!)
Fuckin A. That bird Is smart. And those goats really don't like that bird. And I can understand why, even if that bird is really bad-ass. I reckon those Altai hunters could make better use of *their* eagles, though. If they rigged up a sling and used 3 Eagles, they could totally get around by eagle. A bird that smart should know which day is market day, right? You wouldn't end up in Khazakstan if you just took the eagles to market with you as babies on the same day every week, yeah? Just make sure you stay in the eagles' good books.
OMG!!! thanksfully where I live there are no monstrous eagles like that, if there were Id shoot them... Fearing for my life... Hey, I'm a short person k, they'd prolly throw me off a cliff too...
I used to think of eagles as beautiful, majestic creatures who embodied freedom. Now I think they are f*cking scary killers the size of fridges. I had no idea. I thought Mothra was a myth.
I reckon those Altai hunters could make better use of *their* eagles, though. If they rigged up a sling and used 3 Eagles, they could totally get around by eagle. A bird that smart should know which day is market day, right? You wouldn't end up in Khazakstan if you just took the eagles to market with you as babies on the same day every week, yeah?
Just make sure you stay in the eagles' good books.
...especially watching a baby goat sail majestically through the air
I almost threw up when the goat got knocked off the cliff to its death. It was something else when the goats actually drove off the eagle.
Mother nature never ceases to amaze me!