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| Bald Eagle kills Cat | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 24 2013, 12:07 PM (7,743 Views) | |
| Black Ice | Apr 24 2013, 12:07 PM Post #1 |
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![]() Thursday, July 02, 2009 By LORI STABILE lstabile@repub.com BELCHERTOWN - Ellen M. Majka was inside her home on Prescott Hill when she saw a bald eagle swoop down into her neighbor's yard. It was the first time she saw a bald eagle in the neighborhood. But even more surprising was what she saw in its talons when it flew back up - a black cat. "I've never seen anything like that in my life. I was shocked. I said, 'Oh my God,'" Majka said. The incident happened early, just after 6 am. on June 23. According to eagle experts, a bald eagle capturing a cat is not impossible, but highly unusual. "I believe it is within the realm of possibility and has been documented elsewhere. Bald eagles are capable of taking domestic cats," William J. Davis, district manager for Worcester County for the state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, said Wednesday. While the main diet of bald eagles is fish, Davis said they are opportunistic and will eat squirrels, turtles, even Canada geese. They are also known to feast on animal carcasses, including deer. Interestingly, when eaglets were brought to the Quabbin Reservoir in the 1980s from Nova Scotia, wildlife biologists there believed that the adult bald eagles were preying on feral and barn cats that lived near a lake, Davis said. Ralph E. Taylor, district manager for the Connecticut Valley wildlife district for the state agency, agreed that a bald eagle taking a cat would be unusual ----------------------------------------------------- It seems cats hold grudges
Edited by Black Ice, Apr 24 2013, 12:24 PM.
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| Vivec | Apr 27 2013, 04:52 AM Post #2 |
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Canid and snake enthusiast.
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Interesting, normally I only imagine Golden Eagles be as ballsy (or stupid) to full on attack a cat like that. Was the cat already eaten though? It's missing most of its upper body. |
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| k9boy | Apr 27 2013, 05:02 AM Post #3 |
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Apex Predator
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Its probably a roadkill, the eagle is just scavenging. |
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| Vivec | Apr 27 2013, 05:16 AM Post #4 |
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Canid and snake enthusiast.
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Doesn't seem like it though, the article states that the Eagle had entered the yard and swooped up with the cat. |
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| Full Throttle | Apr 27 2013, 05:29 AM Post #5 |
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An eagle taking a cat? Seems totally believable to me, though the cat in that photo looks more like a car has gone over it than an eagle. |
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| 221Extra | Apr 27 2013, 05:31 AM Post #6 |
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Deny, deny, deny.
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The picture and the story aren't related; here's the entire article:
I do agree with k9boy that the cat in that unrelated photo was likely roadkill. Edited by 221Extra, Apr 27 2013, 05:35 AM.
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| Black Ice | Apr 27 2013, 05:41 AM Post #7 |
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I swear to god I didn't know the photo wasn't related. I got them both from the same page of the same site. Ill post the link. |
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| Vivec | Apr 27 2013, 05:49 AM Post #8 |
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Canid and snake enthusiast.
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Thanks then, thought the picture was related to the incident. |
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| Full Throttle | Apr 27 2013, 05:52 AM Post #9 |
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An eagle killing a cat I can totally believe, here is a martial eagle that killed a serval. |
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| JaM | Apr 27 2013, 06:08 AM Post #10 |
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Heterotrophic Organism
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Clearly an eagle can kill a cat. However, it's much harder for an eagle to fly off with a full grown cat. There was actually a study of eagles carry capacity, and they have their limits. I don't remember how much, but they could carry much less than their own weight. Unless you count "hopping a few metres" as flying off with a prey. About the picture - it looks like a roadkill cat, maybe even not a whole cat. The fact that the eagle flies very low would suggest that it had just taken the cat from the road. It may just carry the cat away from the road a bit, the picture doesn't indicate that it could fly off with a full grown cat. Maybe it can, but it would be near the limit for the eagle. Edited by JaM, Apr 27 2013, 06:14 AM.
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| Black Ice | Apr 27 2013, 07:33 AM Post #11 |
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This was the link I posted http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2288615/posts |
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| FelinePowah | Apr 27 2013, 08:28 PM Post #12 |
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Pussy Lover
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That's a very young serval, I very much doubt it would attempt an adult. / |
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| Vivyx | Apr 27 2013, 08:34 PM Post #13 |
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Felines, sharks, birds, arthropods
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Kitten. |
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| kuri | Apr 27 2013, 09:13 PM Post #14 |
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Omnivore
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i wonder why this thread is worth to be read. Only a kitten? We learned in this forum, that an eagle is able to kill a wolf or maybe a leopard. /sarcasm off |
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