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Poll_Blind

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17. We have three sons here between my girlfriend and I and we like to watch...

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 02:02 AM

Dec 2012

...various nature shows, including (especially when they were smaller) ones about dinosaurs- and the shows would usually mention the links between dinosaurs and birds. Anyway, there's a large bluejay who loves to hang around the area, and the point hasn't been missed on my kids that if that bluejay were 10 feet tall, it'd be eating us without a second thought.

Honestly, I love the way birds look but they're nashty, nashty. Kind of like porpoises. Don't get me started.

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In Canada, An Eagle Tries To Steal A Toddler! [View all] JaneyVee Dec 2012 OP

What caused that bird to think that kid would be good eatin'? MADem Dec 2012 #1

That raptor's eyes were a little bigger than its talons pokerfan Dec 2012 #40

Subconsciously, this is why we love fat babies: Harder for birds of prey to steal. nt Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #2

Actually, at the risk of being didactic, SheilaT Dec 2012 #34

Hope the baby was OK--when the bird tried to lift him TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #3

Good thing it was well bundled up! 2naSalit Dec 2012 #11

Maybe it was a young eagle... 2naSalit Dec 2012 #4

Good gawd this is a BAD time to be small!!! loudsue Dec 2012 #5

Actually, Nature is always trying to eat us. There's a good write-up about this video HERE: Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #7

That's why we built houses and stuffs... freshwest Dec 2012 #39

Holy shit, INDEED! Care Acutely Dec 2012 #6

I love the way French Canadians say "Oh shit!" slackmaster Dec 2012 #8

Holy Crap! drm604 Dec 2012 #9

Yes! 2naSalit Dec 2012 #14

Holy cow. mzmolly Dec 2012 #10

Maybe it wasn't the dingo that ate the baby... Elaine will be heartbroken. OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #12

Eagles will also drag mountain goats off mountains to kill them: (VIDEO) Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #13

Thank goodness the toddler wasn't on a cliff..... MissB Dec 2012 #15

We have three sons here between my girlfriend and I and we like to watch... Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #17

Amazing. Brigid Dec 2012 #19

I was about to post this also. progressoid Dec 2012 #20

Yeah, I agree. Honestly, I forgot what dicks animals can be. Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #21

It's just food to the eagle. LisaL Dec 2012 #26

Zeus's kid? MisterP Dec 2012 #16

That's a lucky kid! Scootaloo Dec 2012 #18

Whats up with the Chariots of Fire music? progressoid Dec 2012 #22

At least they didn't use some lame music performed by Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #24

Heh heh heh progressoid Dec 2012 #27

Good grief! ohheckyeah Dec 2012 #23

I say fake. Archae Dec 2012 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author Hissyspit Dec 2012 #28

Because outside of the Youtube video, we've seen nothing, anywhere. Archae Dec 2012 #29

Yeah, I did notice that... Hissyspit Dec 2012 #32

It is a hoax, the hoaxers have "fessed up" per Huffpo Canada... MADem Dec 2012 #45

Damn, we'd know it as a hoax for sure if the kid were just floating off in a weather balloon. Hissyspit Dec 2012 #33

The baby seems to be sitting pretty far away from the parent. Hissyspit Dec 2012 #35

No details given by YouTube poster, either. Hissyspit Dec 2012 #36

It was a class project--the child and eagle were animated and put into the video (see post 45) nt MADem Dec 2012 #46

Stabilized footage version: Hissyspit Dec 2012 #37

I took it for granted that people would see this is a fake. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #41

Along with everything else, truebluegreen Dec 2012 #49

UPDATE: 'Eagle Snatches Kid' Video Makers Admit Hoax jberryhill Dec 2012 #52

Oh, my gosh. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #30

A hand gun would have come in handy. Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #31

SO FAKE... LOL Divine Discontent Dec 2012 #38

Eagles are a problem where I live too. PotatoChip Dec 2012 #42

You know... FightForMichigan Dec 2012 #43

<snort> nt truebluegreen Dec 2012 #50

This video 'rocs' RZM Dec 2012 #44

That's not true. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #47

The video was created as a student project, it is NOT real... Spazito Dec 2012 #48

UPDATE: 'Eagle Snatches Kid' Video Makers Admit Hoax jberryhill Dec 2012 #51

OMG. I was dissing the nay sayers in my mind as I felt it was real. Whovian Dec 2012 #53

What made me suspicious was holding onto the camera and running... joeybee12 Dec 2012 #54

While fake, it reminds me living in kodiak. Separation Dec 2012 #55

I thought it must be fake. drm604 Dec 2012 #56