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Baroque Bloke |
“An American football fan experienced one of the longest 20 seconds of his life on Saturday after a bald eagle went rogue as he prepared to watch the Clemson Tigers take on Notre Dame in Arlington, Texas. The Fighting Irish team supporter tried to put on a brave stance at the AT&T Stadium when the bird flew onto his shoulder and perched there for almost 20 seconds and flew over to another fan afterward. Later admitting he was 'scared c***less', the crowd could be heard roaring as they noticed the creature take grip of Albert Armas, 42, at the Cotton Bowl Classic…” https://mol.im/a/6539103 Serious about crackers. | ||
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Raptorman |
Oh you better believe his talons are blunted. Without them blunted, they are are sharp enough to extremely lacerate your skin with the lightest of pressure. ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
Speaking of Eagles, I got a freedom boner this morning while coming alongside the dock with a couple of Delaware bald eagles chilling on the catwalk between the mooring dolphins. Best I could do with my phone and zooming in.  ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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| Raptorman |
Awesome! ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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| Member |
I remember the first Bald Eagle I saw. It was late February on the frozen Mississippi river. We were fishing in the open area where the power plant discharged warm water so it was open. They were perched in the trees by the riverbank. I could not get over how LARGE they were. Impressive. | |||
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Drill Here, Drill Now |
I saw the eagle fly at the Jerry Dome in Arlington 2 years ago when Wisconsin played Western Michigan in the Cotton Bowl. Awesome sight to have an eagle soaring over a football field sized American flag while the national anthem was sung. I would've spilled my beer and bladder if it had landed on me thought. Speaking of eagles, I'll never forget the first time my cats saw an eagle perched in a tree at my place in Alaska. Cocky little shits thought they were apex predators and wanted to be let out to catch the eagle  Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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| Unapologetic Old School Curmudgeon  |
They had a couple of eagles at the Lansing Zoo, I was surprised at how damn big they are. Don't weep for the stupid, or you will be crying all day | |||
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Both of the people the eagle landed on are Notre Dame fans. I guess he saw them the same way Clemson saw them: harmless. | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive.  |
That would make any sane person nervous. I saw some YouTube video yesterday where an eagle, IIRC, swooped in and tackled and rolled with a deer and never let go as they tumbled on the ground. It was scary impressive. | |||
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Ammoholic |
They hunt goats too. Link to original video: https://youtu.be/Yz7FFlFy8eM Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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Wow! That is crazy right there. | |||
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| bigger government = smaller citizen  |
I love that this thread has the phrase “freedom boner” in it. “The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.”—H.L. Mencken | |||
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| Baroque Bloke |
That’s nature, and no blame to the eagle, but I couldn’t help feeling sorry for the little goat. Serious about crackers. | |||
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| Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
Yeah, poor little guy. Nature is brutal. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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When I was a kid the eagles where very challenged where I live due to DDT. I used to get paid to climb the large pines near me and collect egg shell samples so the scientist types could measure the DDT effects. This was mostly on ospey's as they were way more common. Two people, one to collect the sample and one to defend your backside from the mom's . Good money for high school rock climbers. At the time one of the older science guys said to me, well the environment here will change when the eagles come back. And boy was he right. Now ( I live on the same land of my grandparents when I did the collections) and we have numerous eagles. And less of everything else. I'm often stunned in my woods on a walk with the dogs by an eagle that was hunting something that ignores us and casually flies low overhead to grab some small creature. I'm really happy they are recovering. “So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.” | |||
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Charmingly unsophisticated |
"Crapless" is a censorable word??  _______________________________ The artist formerly known as AllenInWV | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
Not a slam on you but that sound effect of the eagle swooping down just made me burst out laughing. Is if that scene needed it. LOL "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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thin skin can't win |
War Eagle! You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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