Eagle snatches toddler

[nannyof3]

How scary must this have been

[Imadesantablush]

link?

[DameMargotFountain]

yeah yeah...come on, where's the link?

[ForkInTheForeheid]

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/canada/9754774/Golden-eagle-snatches-toddler-in-Canada.html

[FloatyBeatie]

That is extraordinary. It must have been scary, yes, but it also seems like an enormous privilege. I bet that the child will treasure the recording when s/he is older.

[ZZZenAgain]

heck

[DameMargotFountain]

fucking hell

[WowOoo]

Good Lord! The dad didn't seem to notice for a moment. I suppose a toddler is prey sized. how scary.

[ChestnutsRoastingonaWitchesTit]

Lucky baby. No harm done. The lesson is don't leave your baby sat on the grass by itself while there are large predatory animals about. I guess.

[Bearandcub]

That's why I put mine in high-vis vests when we go to the park, so we can track them in the sky when they get snatched by birds of prey.

[ZZZenAgain]

why is the dc lucky and why is it an enormous privilege to be grabbed by a bird of prey and then dropped?

[slartybartfast]

probably a fake. seems there is quite a bit of cyncsism about this

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

Hmm, I am not convinced. It is pretty unusual for them to go for anything bigger than a rabbit. Can't watch the video, did toddler happen to be wearing a rabbit skin hat?

Sounds v v unlikely to me.

[slartybartfast]

actually i can't believe it can be a fake. who would orchestrate that

[Iheartpasties]

surely its not real??

[peeriebear]

He's lucky because he was too heavy to be carried any higher than about two feet before being dropped!
He will dine out on that story when he's older. "I was THAT kid!"

[TheseGoToEleven]

I believe it, I have known of eagles that snatched dogs.

[SweetMingePie]

Wow!

If you watch the video towards the end it is slowed right down and you can see the baby being snatched and then dropped by the bird.

[PurpleTinsel]

Lucky he was too heavy to be carried further!

[Piffpaffpoff]

I say fake.

[flowerytaleofNewYork]

I believe it, looks real to me. They take foxes, young deer, lambs, all sorts, equal to their own weight so I totally believe he had a bash at taking a toddler.

[25catsnameSam]

I cant see how they'd fake it? it's definitely a real bird, and a real child.

[slartybartfast]

no fake as in a trained bird

[slug]

The best comment I've heard about this was:

"This all could have been averted if the baby had its own eagle."

Which is both horrible and amusing in equal measures

[AlienRefucksLooksLikeSnow]

That is frigging AMAZING!! he was obviously too heavy, or it would have carried him off!

Yes, the Mum/Dad seems to take ages to notice?!!