"yes, but the footage is of eagles dragging goat kids over the edge of the
cliff, not lifting them."



If you watch one of the videos linked in the email you are referring to you
are technically right. However, you will find that the eagle did drag the
goat kid over the edge - and it never let go.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz7FFlFy8eM) It was carrying the kid in its
talons. It in fact carried it all the way to its nesting site where it
dropped it directly into the nest. Guess you could argue about it "lifting"
the kid because it was a downward flight all the way. Whatever you wish to
call it, it's a fascinating clip.



Start at about the 5:00 time mark and go for the next several seconds.



Jim Brewster





From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of JChristian
Kessler
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:53 AM
To: BobnBernie at comcast.net
Cc: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Eagle Grabs Child



yes, but the footage is of eagles dragging goat kids over the edge of the
cliff, not lifting them; and the video about the Bald Eagle & the fawn is
interesting because of how emaciated the carcass looks -- wonder of that was
an eagle kill or scavanged.

clearly the eagle in the subject footage got the child (or "child" off the
ground for a few feet, tho it never looked like it was going to make the
trees. but also hard to imagine that someone would try that on a real
child. curious footage in any case.

I've never seen anything that indicates a large raptor can lift much more
than its own weight (which is to say, a rabbit or hare, tho some large
ones).

Chris Kessler

On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 1:47 PM, <BobnBernie at comcast.net> wrote:

This video might be a fake but for all of you who think an eagle couldn't
pick up a toddler, watch a couple of the videos showing golden eagles taking
young mountain goats from this page of links;



http://www.google.com/#hl=en
<http://www.google.com/#hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=golden+ea
gle+mountain+goat+video&oq=golden+eagle+goat+video&gs_l=hp.1.1.0j0i8i30l3.31
73.20726.1.34762.23.23.0.0.0.0.107.1541.22j1.23.0.les%3Beqn%2Crate_low%3D0-0
35%2Crate_high%3D0-035%2Cmin_length%3D2%2Ccconf%3D1>
&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=golden+eagle+mountain+goat+video&oq=go
lden+eagle+goat+video&gs_l=hp.1.1.0j0i8i30l3.3173.20726.1.34762.23.23.0.0.0.
0.107.1541.22j1.23.0.les%3Beqn%2Crate_low%3D0-035%2Crate_high%3D0-035%2Cmin_
length%3D2%2Ccconf%3D1-2%2Csecond_pass%3Dfalse%2Cnum_suggestions%3D1%2Cignor
e_bad_origquery%3Dtrue%2Conetoken%3Dfalse..0.0...1c.1.yeY7prNZCx8&psj=1&bav=
on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.cGE&fp=c341db92e3d4d65d&bpcl=400
96503&biw=1038&bih=866



Bob



From: James Rufo Hill <mailto:rufo.hill at gmail.com>

Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 10:00 PM

To: tweeters at u.washington.edu

Subject: [Tweeters] Eagle Grabs Child



Please allow me share this amazing and understandably viral video of an
eagle preying upon a human in Montreal, QC:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CE0Q904gtMI>
&v=CE0Q904gtMI



The bird already has a Twitter account, too:

https://twitter.com/MontrealEagle



~ James

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