Watch your pets people…
These airborne predators do not discriminate between animal species, domesticated or wild. All they care about is their next meal.
Sadly, our beloved pets, whether it be small dogs or cats, are generally insanely easy targets for them. The same way one of these flying dinosaurs will swoop down on a rabbits, prairie dogs, and even fish, eagles think nothing of digging their talons into Fluffy, the 2-pound rodent you keep in your purse (sorry people, that’s not a dog).
There are many stories of this out there, whether it’s an owl getting a dog, finding leashes in a nest or in this case an eagle flying with a cat. Hell, in some parts of the world, golden eagles have been known to take a run at small children.
It happens… small pets just look tasty to them. That’s why you should be on guard when in an area with known predators. They are sneaky, they are fast, and by the time you see them, it’s too late.
This video shows how easy they can manhandle a common housecat.
A women is driving filming an eagle sitting in a park.
You know something is off about the situation because an eagle never just sits in a park like its relaxing. There has to be something else going on…
That something else is quickly revealed when the eagle starts flying away. As it takes off a house cat that was in a ball takes shape again so you can tell what the eagle is having for lunch.
It near ripped it into two pieces.
And at first glance you see the eagle, but you don’t really get a feel for its massive size until it flies away, flexing that massive wingspan.
I hate to say it, but I can’t help but feel like it’s a little bit of karma. Outdoor house cats are the biggest killer of song birds in North America and this ones time comes to an end from another bird… seems slightly fitting.
The video comes to us from a fella up in Two Harbors, Minnesota:
“My dog, Keisha and I were driving around taking pictures of wildlife when I saw this Eagle sitting on the ground.
He was arguing with two black birds. I decided to take a picture of him. This would be the first picture of an eagle that I take.
As I started driving closer to him he wasn’t moving. So I decided to take a video of him. I thought him taking off in flight would make a great video. I was shocked. Did not see that coming.
My dog and I just sat there like, what did we just see?”
Wild…
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Canadian Goose Dodges Bald Eagle Attack 7 Straight Times
Score another for the Red, White, and Blue.
Over the past few weeks a number of impressive bald eagle videos have been making their way to my eyes and I’m not in the slightest upset about it.
For one, try to tell me an eagle soaring over a body of water isn’t one of the most majestic sights you’ve ever seen.
Rumor has it if you listen closely, you can hear this Florida man shredding the National Anthem in the background when one launches out of a tree and glides across the surface.
There’s also no denying their incredible hunting prowess, known to take out house cats, deer, and even battle coyotes for food.
They have no shame in taking out fellow birds as well, as shown in this wild video from Grant Lake in Santa Clara County, California.
We see this young eagle has singled out a long goose swimming in the middle of the lake and begins taking some swoops down at it. He was unsuccessful quite a few times, 7 in fact, but put on a great display of tenacity in always taking another chance at the meal.
Well, on the 8th try he was able to grab ahold of the poor goose, ripping him out of the water and taking him off for a well-earned meal.
Truly impressive work by the eagle, that’s some serious flight strength to fly that easily with a fighting goose in your talons…
Gosh, it’s great to be an American.
Bald Eagle Swoops In And Nearly Flies Off With A Yorkie
These bald eagles are really out for blood out here.
Considering there aren’t very many bald eagles in my home state, I’ve never really heard any stories of the massive birds swooping in, grabbing dogs, cats, squirrels, ducks, etc. with their talons, and flying off with them.
However, it’s become more apparent to me that this actually isn’t all that incredibly rare in certain parts of the country and especially places like Alaska and Canada.
Here is the latest example…
According to For The Win, a Yorkshire terrier named Coco was almost sent into the afterlife, when a bald eagle swept in and attempted to fly off with the poor dog.
The scary incident was all caught on a doorbell camera in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, where you can see a shadow fly over Coco’s head, and an eagle swoops down from the sky to grab her off the porch. You can hear Coco crying during the scary scene.
The eagle runs into a container, clutching onto the poor dog, but Coco won in the end, as you can see her reappear in the footage a few seconds after the eagle tried to fly off with her. Still whining as she sprints back to the house, she was ultimately uninjured.
I imagine she’ll keep her head to the sky going forward…
Coco’s owner, Justin Dudoward, said he didn’t witness the scene in person that occurred last Thursday, but he could hear her crying from outside.
Gotta keep an out there in BC… eagles, coyotes, bears, mountain lions… they’ll get you from the air and from the ground.
