BAD A$$ EAGLE

[RED333]

Death match: Eagle takes down deer

A seemingly unlikely battle between a golden eagle and a baby deer was photographed by a camera trap set up to capture poachers seeking Russia’s endangered tigers.

The three images captured by the camera cover a 2-second period, and show an adult golden eagle clinging to the deer's back. Its carcass was found two weeks later, just a few yards from the camera, initially puzzling researchers.

 

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/09/24/death-match-eagle-takes-down-deer/?intcmp=features

 

Keep ya eye on your dogs and cats. :cool:

[bersaguy]

Now that was one very hungry eagle for sure.............jmho

[xRUSTYx]

That was nuts!  Never would have thought a golden eagle could take down even a young deer!

[Wiljo05]

Just goes to show...don't f with an eagle!

[vontar]

Just goes to show...don't f with an eagle!

You beat me to it.

[rugerla1]

While probably not his first choice of foods to tackle, but he must have been hungry and said "WTF, I'll try it!" 

[hipower]

Not really surprising with predator/scavenger birds.

 

Although not as impressive as the eagle's hunt; watching the Coopers' Hawks hunt in my yard is really entertaining.

 

I've seen them carry off snakes from the creek, dive on crawdads and tear them apart on the banks, and laughed my butt off watching one try to carry away a squirrel caught out in the open and picked up.

 

That squirrel was twisting and chattering, finally got loose and fell about 10 feet, but the hawk banked, came back and snagged him again; getting his talons in really good this time and flying away with it.

[peejman]

The eagle's talons can easily snap bones.  The bird just needs a clear shot at the deer's spine.  Snap the spine and wait for the deer to die. 

 

One of my wife's friends had her arm broken by a bald eagle.  The was handling it at the zoo and someone nearby dropped something.  The crash startled the bird and it tightened it's talons on her arm and broke both bones. 

 

Remember the video of the eagle trying to knock the baby mountain goat off the side of a mountain?  Don't have access to youtube at the moment, but it should be easy to find. 

[whitewolf001]

You know they use Golden Eagles to hunt Wolves in Mongolia right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re644qgnCtw