 MattPrince
Male, 40-49, Europe
 2221 Posts
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Friday, December 21, 2012 6:04:06 AM
@cracker bull. Id be stunned if a baldie can lift more than 4kg. Any eagle locked into an 8kg sockeye better be able to swim...
Phillipine has probably the best lifting capacity of any eagle. Most of its diet are flying lemurs. They do tackle monkeys but its a high risk affair, and again, they kill, and mantle, not snatch. |
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 furryblob
Male, 18-29, Europe
527 Posts
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Thursday, December 20, 2012 4:08:33 PM
Fake. |
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 InTheNameOf
Male, 30-39, Western US
329 Posts
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Thursday, December 20, 2012 3:03:08 PM
Awesome! |
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 CrakrJak
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
14374 Posts
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Thursday, December 20, 2012 6:09:38 AM
MattPrince: I've seen Bald Eagles carry off 20lb+ fish right out of the river. A 1-2 month old baby wouldn't be impossible. Rabbits, Cats, Small Dogs, Snakes and such aren't safe from Eagles. Philippine Eagles kill and carry off monkeys.
So it is possible, although not probable. |
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MattPrince
Male, 40-49, Europe
2221 Posts
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Thursday, December 20, 2012 5:08:22 AM
A golden eagle wouldn't carry off a new born infant and they don't carry lambs off either. Its just not their modus operandi. They bring *down* small antelopes and young deer, they don't carry them off.
Goldies average not much heavier than a human new-born ~ about 5.5~11 lb. There is some absolute rubbish about how much a golden eagle can carry ~ probably put about by boastful falconers - I had one tell me his gyrfalcon was faster than a 'grin in a stoop the other day..
A newborn human might just be liftable ~ but not a toddler, and not like this.
Gerry1of1 you should know better, taken in by a pair of French Students :)
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CrakrJak
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
14374 Posts
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:19:42 PM
A Golden Eagle could conceivably carry off a new born infant. But such was not the case here, this was a student film project. Well done though, it really did seem real. |
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 sutra46
Female, 40-49, Asia
2004 Posts
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 6:40:55 PM
I don't. Know. The hawks in a country park always circle in to see if they can take my pittle dog.
They havn't had a go yet. But they really really want to. Fcukers. |
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EricForman
Male, 18-29, Canada
54 Posts
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 5:28:00 PM
My fellow Quebecers :P |
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 turdburglar
Male, 30-39, Western US
1794 Posts
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 1:21:56 PM
I wish someone would've told me this was fake BEFORE I killed all those eagles. |
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 Cartunze
Male, 60-69, Western US
727 Posts
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 12:25:23 PM
Very well made. I read about this being a fake before I saw this video though. |
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pompousass7
Male, 40-49, Canada
261 Posts
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:43:43 AM
it is a hoax...done by the animation dept in a montreal school |
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 Wayoldman
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
53 Posts
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:37:28 AM
Great Fake almost bought it! |
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 Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25602 Posts
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:28:24 AM
I'm gonna say real.
It dropped the kid 'cause he was too heavy. Must've mistaken Elmo hat for a smaller critter.
Eagles snatch up lambs which are about the size of that baby. |
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 FoolsPrussia
Male, 18-29, Western US
2857 Posts
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:12:22 AM
'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.'
Link |
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 jinxjinx34
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
134 Posts
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 10:20:48 AM
This was reported in The Daily Mail UK. Obviously fake. FYI- this is the same place CrakrJak gets his stats supporting his gun laws stance. Just sayin. |
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 tommyboy27
Male, 30-39, Canada
3 Posts
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 10:13:53 AM
fake, trained raptor, went after kid because he was wearing a red hat, raptor thought it was meat. |
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 DinVen
Male, 30-39, Europe
163 Posts
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:55:25 AM
Very nice fake. Physics is off. |
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MattPrince
Male, 40-49, Europe
2221 Posts
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:55:23 AM
Fake. For a number of reasons.
The bird just doesn't fly right for a start.
Goldies tend to take down their prey and mantle on it, rather than lifting it.
If it did lift something that heavy then it would have to put a lot of deep downbeats to get it off the ground, rather than the shallow flicks ~ lazy cgi.
A goldie goes to kill when it goes for small mammals ~ the talons would have messed that kids head up real good.
Goldies tend to avoid humans ~ especially populated areas.
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 greenbasterd
Male, 18-29, Canada
2132 Posts
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:52:14 AM
that kid is lucky it still has a skull... |
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 whodat6484
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
2242 Posts
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:40:20 AM
They should be illegal because they can hurt children. |
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 patchgrabber
Male, 30-39, Canada
5263 Posts
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:39:15 AM
If you're going to film something for goodness' sake FILM it, not the effin' grass. |
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 Zeegrr60
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
1514 Posts
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:36:15 AM
Shoot it then burn it out where the other Eagles can see it!! |
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 markust123
Male, 40-49, Western US
3783 Posts
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:33:09 AM
I so wanted this to be real but unless we have two suns this is fake. When the eagle is coming in all the shadows including his point to the left. But the shadows of the mom and all the rest of the people in the action point to the right. The Eagles shadow switches also. |
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 Kain1
Male, 18-29, Europe
1283 Posts
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:25:09 AM
So fake it hurts... |
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tatripp
Male, 18-29, Western US
1181 Posts
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:22:42 AM
huge wingspan. I'm calling real on this one. |
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