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http://www.buzzfeed.com/nycsouthpaw/in-canada-an-eagle-tries-to-steal-a-toddler-4xje
Good job this kid wasn't any lighter.
Good job this kid wasn't any lighter.
I have read musings on another forum that it was staged at a falconry display, using a baited dummy.
I have read musings on another forum that it was staged at a falconry display, using a baited dummy.
I would be inclined to agree, if the kid(?) didn't turn it's head right before the eagle comes in.
In Joe's video the child lifts his left arm just before the Eagle strikes, if it was staged during a falconry display surely there would be umpty million videos of it out there instead of just one.
In Joe's video the child lifts his left arm just before the Eagle strikes, if it was staged during a falconry display surely there would be umpty million videos of it out there instead of just one.
faker than a fake thing (I'm sure chris/cobra can give a definitive read)
bipeds are not on the golden eagles prey list - they usually take stuff like lambs, rabbits and carrion
if it had been a phillipines monkey eating eage , it would be believable (indeed they have been known to take children) but for a goldy , no way
I have read musings on another forum that it was staged at a falconry display, using a baited dummy.
I have read musings on another forum that it was staged at a falconry display, using a baited dummy.
What forum?..... I take it it isn't a falconry one?.
Why would they bait a child dummy? That's like baiting a child dummy for a dog to attack :shrug:
It was a football one (I think) where I first saw the link to the article ... it is all over the net, most opinion being that it is staged / faked.
For the record I have no opinion either way, not really bothered ...
- I'm sure that a hungry bird would try its luck with anything it could pick up.
It may well be fake but you really can't tell from that grainy clip, and trying to persuade us a very large carnivorous bird would never be so naughty as to consider a small human as prey is naive if not mischievous.
MrRazorblade999
Yep, it's fake. "A Montreal animation and digital design college has admitted that three of its students were responsible for the 'Golden Eagle Snatches Kid' video that went viral on Tuesday". From the netsite Global Montreal.
Don't get used to that feeling joe it's bound to be a short lived thing
Also, I don't think the guy shooting the video is supposed to be the parent.
so why is he videoing a random 'toddler', possibly in anticipation of a a large eagle coming in from stage left maybe ?
I figured he was videoing the eagle to start with. Would need to watch the vid again...
Edit: Video starts with him videoing the eagle, and he follows it along.