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My Cats Hanging Out With The Eagles
http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/eagles2.html ^
Posted on 04/13/2014 1:08:21 PM PDT by navysealdad
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To: navysealdad
Pretty cool. Bring them some anchovies (or a mouse) next time.
To: navysealdad
I live close to one of the most eagle populated sections of the Mississippi. It's not unusual to see fifty or more at a time. People who live nearby do not let cats or slipper dogs out unguarded or they may lose them.
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posted on
04/13/2014 4:54:16 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama phones= Bread and circuits.)
To: navysealdad
Somebody summon Paul Harvey....we need to know the *rest of the story*
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posted on
04/13/2014 5:14:02 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(I stand with the Bundy Family!)
To: RoosterRedux
I always thought anything bigger than a large rabbit was too much for a bird of prey.
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posted on
04/13/2014 6:54:42 PM PDT
by
Scutter
To: RoosterRedux; Bulwyf; silverleaf
Too big? I don't think so.
Check out
this article on bald eagles. From the article:
A bald eagle's lifting power is about 4 pounds.
Last time I checked, my cat weighs about 13 pounds. I think most of them are at least 11 or 12 pounds - far outside of the lifting capability of a bald eagle.
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posted on
04/13/2014 7:00:06 PM PDT
by
Scutter
To: Scutter
I’ve seen the youtube vids of them carrying off far larger.
Perhaps it’s because they already had inertia, I couldn’t say, just have seen them with some big stuff heh.
Either way, they wouldn’t need to carry them, I think one day that lady will realize she’s missing two cats.
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posted on
04/13/2014 7:18:04 PM PDT
by
Bulwyf
To: Scutter
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posted on
04/13/2014 7:27:30 PM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
To: Bulwyf
They can carry off big birds, but remember that (flight-capable) birds are quite light for their size.
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posted on
04/13/2014 7:40:54 PM PDT
by
Scutter
To: silverleaf
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posted on
04/13/2014 7:42:07 PM PDT
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Scutter
To: pajama pundit
There is a family of hawks who regularly visit the back deck of my neighbor, because they leave strips of meat out for them. They will in fact peck on the back sliding glass door if the meat is not there. There was a hawk watching me hit golf balls out in a field. He finally swooped down and grabbed one and flew back up in a tree. I walked over calmly to see if he still had it. I said, drop it, and he did. End of lame story. I think they are smart.
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posted on
04/13/2014 7:50:21 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: who knows what evil?
the eagles eat fish not cats...she is next to a fish processing plant and probably fed them since they were chicks. Eagles are inherently lazy and prefer to mooch rather than fish
To: Scutter
Still have to get talon marks stitched up...
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posted on
04/13/2014 11:20:39 PM PDT
by
Fire_on_High
(RIP City of Heroes and Paragon Studios, victim of the Obamaconomy.)
To: Fire_on_High
Yes, the cats might not have been a viable “to go” meal, but they were definitely on the “dine in” menu.
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posted on
04/14/2014 1:02:47 AM PDT
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Scutter
To: albertabound
Thank you for the FYI...good to hear.
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posted on
04/14/2014 3:17:57 AM PDT
by
who knows what evil?
(Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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