Posted on 12/14/2019 6:56:17 PM PST by BenLurkin
A bald eagle on Canadas west coast has learned that its eyes may be bigger than its stomach after it was nearly drowned by an octopus it tried to eat.
After hearing shrieks coming from the water on the north-western tip of Vancouver Island, employees at a fish farm investigating the noises happened upon a bird and cephalopod locked in battle.
The giant Pacific octopus, which had turned a deep crimson, had wound its tentacles tightly around the eagle, which was floating helplessly at the surface.
Ilett maneuvered a pike pole in the water to pull the octopus over to the boat. The crew managed to haul both aboard, disentangling the bird from the strong tentacles, before tossing the octopus back into the water.
Giant Pacific octopus in the region can grow quite large, with some weighing as much as 115 pounds. But Mather cautioned that while the cephalopods can appear daunting in size, they are often incredibly shy, going into hiding when divers are nearby.
After the eagle was pried from its grasp, the octopus dove back into the depths, its colours subtly shifting from reddish to brown.
The shaken eagle perched warily on a nearby log before flying off.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
F’in cephalopods! You can’t trust these ...things that have NO Backbone.
Let’s start Octopussy Pogroms now.
Good grief! That’s right out of Alien! Wow.
Simple. They are players in the game, not its referee.
That looks and feels like an eagle wearing a CPAP contraption
I had a standard poodle who snatched a golden eagle out of the air and killed it. Golden was flying too low investigating the poodle as possible prey. Golden thought it was safely high. But birds have no concept how high poodles can jump from a standing position. Once the bird was to the ground, it was no contest. The dog outweighed the eagle by multiples and has four feet on the ground, not two. It was over in an instant.
The symbolism in this cant be ignored. America being strangled by the tentacles of the left!
THAT IS UNUSUAL- YOU CAN FIND YOUTUBE VIDEOS OF THE GOLDEN EAGLES KILLING WOLVES- srry cps lock- it’s pretty wild- they grasp on and don’t let go even when the wolf is rolling down a hill- their talons are sunk deep into the wolves-
Of course if the poodle caught it by surprise, the eagle might not have known what to do being surprised and all- you were fortunate the eagle didn’t go into attack mode
here’s a video of it- it looks to me though that they might starve the eagles to get them to hunt because the eagles are eating like they haven’t eaten in awhile right after the kill- they just look famished-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re644qgnCtw
Night of the Giant Mollusc
“Of course if the poodle caught it by surprise, the eagle might not have known what to do being surprised and all- you were fortunate the eagle didnt go into attack mode”
It was over before the eagle could respond. An angry dog and an eagle on the ground is an unfair match. The eagle can equalize that if they dive and sink talons or break the spine. But that’s not what happened. My dog was the aggressor and took the eagle to the ground. The weight and mobility of the dog is properly suited to the ground and the eagle’s is not. A standard outweighs a golden by about 50 pounds and has four feet to maneuver. An eagle waddles on two.
No, you humans do not have the right to interfere with natural selection. If one wild animal kills and eats another, it’s because that’s the natural order of things. Do not interfere.
Not sure what you mean by "you humans" - what exactly are you? That aside, we interfere with natural selection all the time, and the last time I checked we are part of the natural order. We just have the ability to alter it.
did you have a look at that video i posted? It’s wild- the wolves look like they have the upper hand at times, but the eagles are just relentless and tenacious- I’m not sure if their talons can puncture the skulls or not- but when they get a grip on like hte throat- I heard they have a ratchet-like talon grip that cinches down and doesn’t let go until the eagle relaxes it’s grip- I was shocked at just how fierce these eagles are -I’m sure the handlers lose a few of them to the wolves from time to time, especially if they hunt with only one eagle- but my goodness- I wouldn’t want to tangle with an angry eagle- that’s for sure-
Eagles go after dogs, cats, anything
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6jliwh
They probably knock rock climbers off mountains too just as they do goats.
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