Golden Eagle snatches kid

[mashman]

Saw this on the news earlier... fackin hell the kid was lucky. Me n the missus just looked at each other stunned.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tecgXDWYH1A

I dunno, he can hardly walk and the birds are all over him already.

[caseye]

Lucky Bugger!
Can't imagine that the vid was faked, but hell an Eagle snatching a child, wonder how often that's happened in recorded history?

[madandy]

Looks like either the kids clothing didnt feel right to the birds talons or he was too heavy for the birds' inbuilt scales...bet thats a rare occurrence in the last couple hundred years at least, an Eagle going a human child.

[PrincessBandit]

I missed seeing the article on the news but just looking at the clip there I wondered if the kids clothing had anything to do with it, particularly as it's headgear looked possibly bird-like (orange colour, 2 big things that look like eyes...) Maybe the eagle mistook it for another bird?

Whatever, it makes the scene from "The Proposal" where an eagle takes grandma's dog, Kevin, look like um...I was going to say child's play. Ooops.

Joking aside, I bet those parents were packing themselves. I know I would have been. Wonder what kind of memory the kid will have of it as it gets older.

[scumdog]

Kid looks like a dummy.

And was eagle a wild one???Hmmm....

[Edbear]

There's a lot of discussion about whether it is faked or not. Time will tell I'm sure.

[SMOKEU]

Lol that n00b got pwned. :yes:

[willytheekid]

:eek5:....Im starting to understand why the maori killed off the last of the haast eagle!:yes:

http://marksolock.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/item24.jpg?w=640

[Drew]

Hmmmmm, skepticism is the only safe option here I think.

Fuckin cool if it's real, pretty sick if it isn't.

[Paul in NZ]

Fairs fair - mankind has been wasting eagles for ages....

[BigAl]

but hell an Eagle snatching a child, wonder how often that's happened in the recording industry?

Fixed it for ya

[wharekura]

:...understand why the maori killed off the last of the haast eagle...
Yes and the Moa - imagine seeing one of those fkers protecting the nest while casually strolling through the bush.

[unstuck]

It,s America, course it,s fake. If t was real some motherfucker would of pulled out a gatt and blew the fucking eagle away.:ar15:

[caseye]

Fixed it for ya

Geez , yer so kind there Big Al, LOL seems most likely, but hey, this is KB so who are we to scoff?

[Phantom Limb]

Mongolians have used trained Golden Eagles to hunt wolves for generations. Those friggin birds get big, bigger than the one in the video and they are feckin strong!
I've seen videos of the buggers landing on a wolves back, going beak to teeth with the dog on the ground and winning through brute strength without suffering injury in return :eek5:
Oh here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re644qgnCtw

Personally I would not find it much of a stretch to believe that what is effectively a flying fuckin' wolf would have much trouble snatching a kiddie.

[scumdog]

It,s America, course it,s fake. If t was real some motherfucker would of pulled out a gatt and blew the fucking eagle away.:ar15:

Wow, now Montreal is in America - them Yanks will invade anywhere...

[xen]

Yep its a fake

http://blogue.centrenad.com/2012/12/19/centre-nad-reassures-montrealers-no-danger-of-being-snatched-by-a-royal-eagle/?lang=en


The “Golden Eagle Snatches Kid” video, uploaded to YouTube on the evening of December 18, was made by Normand Archambault, Loïc Mireault and Félix Marquis-Poulin, students at Centre NAD, in the production simulation workshop class of the Bachelors degree in 3D Animation and Digital Design.

The video shows a royal eagle snatching a young kid while he plays under the watch of his dad. The eagle then drops the kid a few feet away. Both the eagle and the kid were created in 3D animation and integrated in to the film afterwards.

The video has already received more than 1,200,000 views on YouTube and has been mentioned by dozens of media in Canada and abroad.

The production simulation workshop class, offered in fifth semester, aims to produce creative projects according to industry production and quality standards while developing team work skills. Hoaxes produced in this class have already garnered attention, amongst others a video of a penguin having escaped the Montreal Biodôme.

[slofox]

Mongolians have used trained Golden Eagles to hunt wolves for generations. Those friggin birds get big, bigger than the one in the video and they are feckin strong!
I've seen videos of the buggers landing on a wolves back, going beak to teeth with the dog on the ground and winning through brute strength without suffering injury in return :eek5:
Oh here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re644qgnCtw



That puts a whole new perspective on the concept of "falconing" dunnit?

[scumdog]

Mongolians have used trained Golden Eagles to hunt wolves for generations. Those friggin birds get big, bigger than the one in the video and they are feckin strong!
I've seen videos of the buggers landing on a wolves back, going beak to teeth with the dog on the ground and winning through brute strength without suffering injury in return :eek5:
Oh here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re644qgnCtw

Personally I would not find it much of a stretch to believe that what is effectively a flying fuckin' wolf would have much trouble snatching a kiddie.

Notice no attempt is made to carry the wolf - they wouldn't be able to take off with that weight plus all the wriggling about.

[ElCoyote]

Kid looks like a dummy.

And was eagle a wild one???Hmmm....

Where was the dingo when all this was happening or the butler for that matter;)

[PrincessBandit]

Yep its a fake

http://blogue.centrenad.com/2012/12/19/centre-nad-reassures-montrealers-no-danger-of-being-snatched-by-a-royal-eagle/?lang=en

Well I suppose the best fakes (of any kind :msn-wink:) are the ones just close enough to the truth to be plausible.

[unstuck]

Wow, now Montreal is in America - them Yanks will invade anywhere...

But they all look the same:eek5: I stand corrected.:not:

[mashman]

Yep its a fake

http://blogue.centrenad.com/2012/12/19/centre-nad-reassures-montrealers-no-danger-of-being-snatched-by-a-royal-eagle/?lang=en

Bloody scary how good that is.

[awa355]

Bullshit is always better to listen to, than the truth:2thumbsup,,

Ask any historian, journalist, media spokesman, KB'er. :oi-grr:

[Road kill]

Mongolians have used trained Golden Eagles to hunt wolves for generations. Those friggin birds get big, bigger than the one in the video and they are feckin strong!
I've seen videos of the buggers landing on a wolves back, going beak to teeth with the dog on the ground and winning through brute strength without suffering injury in return :eek5:
Oh here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re644qgnCtw

Personally I would not find it much of a stretch to believe that what is effectively a flying fuckin' wolf would have much trouble snatching a kiddie.

Darn ya' beat me to it.

Those Golden eagles make the Bald eagle look like a fricken budgie.

[Berries]

:eek5:....Im starting to understand why the maori killed off the last of the haast eagle!:yes:
Have you seen how big they were? Saw one at the museum a few weeks ago and was extremely disappointed. I was thinking kind of adult human height, in the end I have seen bigger penguins.

The birds at KFC scare me more.

[Zoomscreech]

You'll have gathered by now that it was a fake video created by Canadian students.Very effective .. but good to be reminded not to believe everything on the TV/internet... The Haast eagle would have done this a few zillion years ago I guess... so a clever idea. And yes I was fooled too..



Saw this on the news earlier... fackin hell the kid was lucky. Me n the missus just looked at each other stunned.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tecgXDWYH1A

I dunno, he can hardly walk and the birds are all over him already.

[Ender EnZed]

Mongolians have used trained Golden Eagles to hunt wolves for generations. Those friggin birds get big, bigger than the one in the video and they are feckin strong!
I've seen videos of the buggers landing on a wolves back, going beak to teeth with the dog on the ground and winning through brute strength without suffering injury in return :eek5:
Oh here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re644qgnCtw

Personally I would not find it much of a stretch to believe that what is effectively a flying fuckin' wolf would have much trouble snatching a kiddie.

That's a pretty crazy bit of food chain.

Here's some wiki:


Hunting with eagles

The use of raptors in the hunting of wolves is primarily practised in Central Asia. The Kyrgyz people have traditionally used Golden Eagles, known as berkut, to hunt wolves. In the past, wolf pelts provided material for clothes crucial for the survival of the nomadic people in the severe colds. The eagles are used to immobilise the wolves by placing one foot at the back of the neck and another at the flank closer to the heart and lungs. Hunters usually only use eagles against cubs, seeing as an adult wolf can cripple in combat even a highly experienced eagle. Losing even one toe or talon will significantly lower the eagle's ability to tackle prey. Only a minor injury to the sinew of a foot may leave the eagle incapable of further hunting. As a wolf is capable of resisting even the best-trained bird, the falconer always keeps near, ready at the first opportunity to help the eagle. This is done carefully, as the wolf, sensing human presence, fights desperately to tear loose from the bird’s talons, and the eagle can be severely injured. Because of the violent nature of their work, eagles trained to hunt wolves have shorter life spans.

I guess if you can train a dog to fight a pig or a man to go to war it's not that out there; falconing is still quite an interesting activity though.

[willytheekid]

...The birds at KFC scare me more.

....they scare me too!:crazy:
http://s1.static.gotsmile.net/images/2011/03/10/000946-fat-overweight-black-woman-with-huge-red-hair-eating-kfc-chicken11.jpg_1299771804.jpg

Have a Safe & merry xmas Berries :love:

[Daffyd]

Bullshit is always better to listen to, than the truth:2thumbsup,,

Ask any historian, journalist, media spokesman, KB'er. :oi-grr:

Or politician?