A little off topic

I provided links debunking the video earlier but there is archaeological evidence for eagle predation on "humans" (a hominin, Australopithecus in this case).

The Taung Child (a six years old Australopithecus africanus at 3' 6" and 20?24 pounds) skull has piercing holes that have been interpreted as being inflicted by eagle talons and it was found in the site of presumed eagle nest. The Crowned hawk-eagle is the suspected predator.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taung_Child
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/2012/11/10/raptors-kill-hominids-kill-cattle-kill-giant-moa/

The BBC made a fascinating program on this topic. You can stream it here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/fascinatingdeaths.shtml

My MP3 copy of this program is here

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/32640163/TheTaungChild.mp3?dl=1

Happy Holidays,
Kevin

On Dec 19, 2012, at 12:09 AM, Wilson Cady wrote:

> This is a faked video, Here are Kenn Kaufman's comment on the video: "A golden eagle tries to snatch a baby in Montreal," and the video goes viral. But it's faked.
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