Posted on 09/24/2009 8:08:54 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
Child-Eating Eagle No Longer a Myth
by Brian Thomas, M.S.*
The Maoris, or native New Zealanders, for generations told stories about a giant bird that could swoop down and carry away human children. As it turns out, those stories held some truth after all...
(Excerpt) Read more at icr.org ...
Now all we need to verify is the elephant-eating Roc that Sinbad talked about.
Ping!
Remember Peter Falk’s child-eating mosquitoes from “The In-Laws.” An absolutely hilarious bit from a classic movie.
Don’t worry, the green wind turbines will solve this problem plus providing shredded poultry to the starving masses.
Those stupid natives didnt realize that birds have needs just like humans They should have been proud to sacrifice their children so that the bird could live.
LOL!
Of course Eagles eat kids. There is a video on youtube that shows it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VklTs-Tid_I
Why couldn’t there have been a politician eating bird?
“Why couldn’t there have been a politician eating bird?”
Haven’t you ever heard of a shitbird? Duh....
Monster Quest, a TV Show, did a very interesting show on the “Thunderbird”, it was quite interesting ...
"The results indicated not only that Haast’s eagle was a fearsome predator that probably swooped on its prey from a high mountain perch, but also that it evolved over a relatively short period of time from a much smaller-bodied ancestor."
Hate to tell you, but it's a bit of a stretch to get from an eagle that has gone extinct within the last 500 years to Thomas's idea that we are at the peril of a "fiery flying serpent".
A number of species specific to islands have gone extinct after the introduction of humans and their fellow travelers (rats, dogs, pigs, avian disease, etc.). In what way is that evidence of a 6000 year old Earth and proof that dinosaurs walk among us?
Because they're full of excrement and have no nutritional value.
Holy Moley! That is one aggressive eagle!
I showed that to my kid’s in science class and immediately thought of it when I saw the title of this thread. LOL!
Thanks for the ping!
I have always found it odd that there are certain people who think referring to children as “kids” is somehow demeaning.
I guess that WOULD strike me as odd, given that I grew up as a military brat, and I have never known a military brat who did anything other than wear that moniker as a badge of honor!
There were five of us and sometimes Dad called us "Brats from the Deep Lagoon."
"Brat" was not derogatory in our family. ;-)
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