And the target looked small enough and is not very mobile (looked like the Eagle could have made it off with the kid you can see he/she was gaining altitude in the slow mow – the baby and his family were very, very lucky).
Amazing how fast the Eagle came in looked and then went for the grab.
That’s not a bird… it’s a space station with wings.
This is real though…
it may be fake but Golden Eagle is more than capable of killing a toddler. They’ve been known to take down small deer.
The lifting power of an eagle is a maximum of about 3 pounds. And all that aerodynamic lift stuff is non-linear, so getting a toddler off the ground is out of the question for even a freakishly large and strong eagle.
No update noting its fake for the 99% of people that don’t click through to the comments?
How to tell this happened in Canada – the videographer went to check to see if the child was ok
Yeah, saw this on the news. With all the people around n such, the eagle went for it. Wonder what was the attraction to cause that?
It was hungry?
It’s a fake. As usual.
It’s fake. No snow. No ice. No blizzard. It’s supposed to be Montreal! Plus a Canadian bird would have gone for the mother.
OH SHI…
Just a little bit fake – http://wtvr.com/2012/12/19/viral-fake-out-golden-eagle-snatches-kid-is-cgi/
And the target looked small enough and is not very mobile (looked like the Eagle could have made it off with the kid you can see he/she was gaining altitude in the slow mow – the baby and his family were very, very lucky).
Amazing how fast the Eagle came in looked and then went for the grab.
That’s not a bird… it’s a space station with wings.
This is real though…
it may be fake but Golden Eagle is more than capable of killing a toddler. They’ve been known to take down small deer.
Confirmed to be baloney: http://blogue.centrenad.com/2012/12/19/centre-nad-reassures-montrealers-no-danger-of-being-snatched-by-a-royal-eagle/?lang=en
For some reason I thought it would be Don Henley.
The lifting power of an eagle is a maximum of about 3 pounds. And all that aerodynamic lift stuff is non-linear, so getting a toddler off the ground is out of the question for even a freakishly large and strong eagle.
No update noting its fake for the 99% of people that don’t click through to the comments?
What? No Eagles fans???