Subject: [Tweeters] eagle grabs toddler video
Date: Dec 19 11:18:20 2012
From: Michael Clawson - michael.v.clawson at gmail.com


Hi,

Seems the videos of them carrying the mountain goats would dispute the "The
greatest mass that a golden eagle may possibly carry is 7kg (or 15 pounds)"
claim...

Also
There seems to evidecne similarly sized eagles can carry small deer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=213-p5zkA2s

just a little food for thought

Thanks,
Mike Clawson
michael.v.clawson at gmail.com

On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Devorah the Ornithologist <
birdologist at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi everyone,
>
> i've been working on this piece about the viral "golden eagle grabs
> baby" video most of the day and thought you might appreciate reading
> more about it:
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/grrlscientist/2012/dec/19/1
>
> lots of email, tweets and comments on the piece, but i think we all
> can rest easy now; it is a hoax. it was a college assignment. makes me
> wonder if the professors consider the amount of media attention it
> garnered when making their final grades?
>
> cheers,
>
> --
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> Devorah Bennu, PhD
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Michael V. Clawson

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University of Washington, 1325 Fourth Avenue,

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