Apex Hunter-WARNING! Not for the squeamish.

[HillBill]

Aye, eagles are immensely powerful, but still fragile in comparison to larger land animals. If they dont hit first and hard, they are gonna get knacked.

 

[santaman2000]

yeah i guess your right there to be fair. i think its after seeing eagles killing wolves it said they can crush a skull with their talons and thats against a wolf with vicious teeth. so i thought a goat wouldnt have much of a chance but yeah your right about dashing them with hooves

Remember too that a goat's skull is evolved for butting so is probably not as fragile as a wolf's.

 

[Dreadhead]

very true....now a goat with false wolf teeth....thats scary

 

[blacktimberwolf]

and thats against a wolf with vicious teeth.

Not so vicious as that.......

Only kidding, that was just a chained cub used in training...

 

[Dreadhead]

wow that goat has sharp hooves!

 

[santaman2000]

Not so vicious as that.......

Only kidding, that was just a chained cub used in training...

Not a lot different from how we train hunting dogs (coon hounds with wounded coons, squirrel dogs by letting a captured squirrel bit the young dog, etc.)

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Not a lot different from how we train hunting dogs (coon hounds with wounded coons, squirrel dogs by letting a captured squirrel bit the young dog, etc.)

True enough, ....pittbulls with stolen or lost pets, terriers with injured foxes & badgers, German shepherds with illegal immigrants etc.....the list is long....our kindness knows no bounds...

 

[Martti]

Golden eagles will also attack and kill reindeer calves without the need of dragging them down from a cliff. http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8314000/8314558.stm

 

[santaman2000]

True enough, ....pittbulls with stolen or lost pets, terriers with injured foxes & badgers, German shepherds with illegal immigrants etc.....the list is long....our kindness knows no bounds...

Actually the pit bulls are trained BY illegal imagrants (primarily drug smugglers/dealers) to protect them and their merchandise by having someone beat the dog (usually someone wearing a uniform with a badge) until it hates them.

 

[santaman2000]

I don't doubt an eagle's courage or skills santaman..........I've seen this vid before & the bear was probably comming too close to a nesting site (or a kill) & the eagle was simply mobbing it........

I had also suspected the bear had come too close to a nesting site but couldn't quite beleive that the eagle would have put one somewhere the bear could reach. They usually build their airies on a high cliff. In any case it's irrelevent; the eagle had the skill and courage to drive off a bear . It doesn't matter what the reason was.

 

[ged]

... squirrel dogs by letting a captured squirrel bit the young dog, etc.)

Never needed to train my dogs to hunt squirrels! You only have to whisper the 's' word and they're out the porch and climbing the bird feeders...

 

[santaman2000]

LOL. True enough with most dogs and squirrels ged.

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Actually the pit bulls are trained BY illegal imagrants (primarily drug smugglers/dealers) to protect them and their merchandise by having someone beat the dog (usually someone wearing a uniform with a badge) until it hates them.

" virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition."

 

[Dreadhead]

" virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition."

time to change your avatar mate!

 

[blacktimberwolf]

I had also suspected the bear had come too close to a nesting site but couldn't quite beleive that the eagle would have put one somewhere the bear could reach. They usually build their airies on a high cliff. In any case it's irrelevent; the eagle had the skill and courage to drive off a bear . It doesn't matter what the reason was.

I've seen blackbirds drive off a cat.....much more dangerous..

When a predator isn't in hunting mode, just about any critter can chase it away...

 

[santaman2000]

I've seen blackbirds drive off a cat.....much more dangerous..

When a predator isn't in hunting mode, just about any critter can chase it away...

Most predators maybe. A grizzly is another story altogether.