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Alaska eagle survives plunge after mating dance
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| Apr 9
| RACHEL D'ORO
Posted on 04/09/2010 6:04:29 PM PDT by JoeProBono
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- An acrobatic display of passion proved too much for a pair of eagles engaged in a mating dance over Alaska's Prince William Sound.
The female bird is recovering from injuries sustained when the couple slammed beak-first into a hard snowbank in what her rescuers believe was an aerial courting ritual gone awry...
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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: eagle; holdmuhfish; jpb; milehighclub
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To: JoeProBono
Happened to me at least a dozen times. Waiting in the Emergency Room for someone who won’t talk to you is the worst.
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posted on
04/09/2010 6:06:47 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: JoeProBono
Yeh sure....spousal abuse....she said she had a headache...he said...I’ll give you “headache”...
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posted on
04/09/2010 6:07:20 PM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(What)
To: 1rudeboy
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posted on
04/09/2010 6:07:29 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/09/2010 6:08:13 PM PDT
by
cajuncow
To: Sacajaweau
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posted on
04/09/2010 6:08:50 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: 1rudeboy
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posted on
04/09/2010 6:09:59 PM PDT
by
BARLF
To: Sacajaweau
They should not be doing that while flying.
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posted on
04/09/2010 6:10:21 PM PDT
by
Big Horn
(Rebuild the GOP to a conservative party)
To: JoeProBono; All
GEORGE: I can’t believe you’re hoarding sex moves. I’m out there rubbing two sticks together. You walk around with a zippo.
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posted on
04/09/2010 6:12:25 PM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(Thinking of using 911 for protection? Google "Brittany Zimmerman")
To: Big Horn
How do you know that, ever try it? :)
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posted on
04/09/2010 6:12:46 PM PDT
by
BARLF
To: cajuncow
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posted on
04/09/2010 6:14:06 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Calling bull on this one...
Man Eagle did the business Woman Eagle gets nasty when he tries to leave...
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posted on
04/09/2010 6:14:47 PM PDT
by
GSP.FAN
(Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
To: GSP.FAN
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posted on
04/09/2010 6:16:48 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Yeah ... I can relate. ;)
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posted on
04/09/2010 6:22:43 PM PDT
by
BluH2o
To: JoeProBono
Just an observation - Isn't the point of the dance to filter out the ‘NOT UP TO SPEED’ wannabes who can't meet muster? Just a question from an admirer of nature's survival calculus.
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posted on
04/09/2010 6:26:51 PM PDT
by
J Edgar
To: JoeProBono
First annual eagle Darwin Awards.
To: 1rudeboy
recovering from injuries sustained when the couple slammed beak-first into a hard snowbank in what her rescuers believe was an aerial courting ritual gone awry... I hate when that happen
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posted on
04/09/2010 6:49:59 PM PDT
by
tophat9000
(It ain't about Black... It ain't about White...It's about a Red...Trying to take our rights!)
To: tophat9000
recovering from injuries sustained when the couple slammed beak-first into a hard snowbank in what her rescuers believe was an aerial courting ritual gone awry...
I hate when that happenhate what? hate recovering, hate getting injured, hate the couple slamming beak first into a hard snowbank, hate the idea of them being rescued, hate the rescuers having beliefs or hate the aerial courting ritual going awry?
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posted on
04/09/2010 7:53:36 PM PDT
by
JimWayne
Comment #19 Removed by Moderator
To: JoeProBono
I suppose this is the avian equivalent to rug burns or the old face-plant-into-the-headboard.
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posted on
04/10/2010 8:37:35 AM PDT
by
paddles
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