Golden Eagle Almost Nabs Toddler in Montreal Park
Blog Administration, Corrections and Retractions, Golden Eagle, Human Predation, Montreal, Natural History
There have long been rumors that eagles are not only capable of preying on lambs, but may even go so far as to take human infants when given the opportunity. Wildlife experts have consistently pooh-poohed such stories, dismissing them as folklore.
Hat tip to Bird Dog.
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Update: It’s a fake.
Matt Mullenix expressed skepticism and referenced HuffPo which, by the time I looked there, had new imformation:
A Montreal animation school has fessed up that the “Golden Eagle Snatches Kid” on YouTube is a fake, created by three students in its three-year animation and digital design degree program.
“Both the eagle and the kid were created in 3D animation and integrated in to the film afterwards,” the school, Centre NAD, said in a statement Wednesday.
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Could an eagle snatch a small child and carry him off?
Well, one almost got this roe deer. And look what happens to this Pyrenaeen chamois.
Eagles have been demonstrated to be capable of killing reindeer and even of carrying off Brown bear cubs.
This eagle is doing a decent job on an adult human being.
