Never take your eye off your kid!

[kit]

Or this could happen!!!

[Dean-]

Seen this on Daily Mail.. What gets me though is why is that guy stood there with a camera? Staged?

[kit]

He didnt stand there...you can see him running over!

k:)

[Dean-]

What I mean is why has he got his cam out anyways? What is good there to be recording? - The running over could be part of the effect.

[Aspman]

Jeezo. Poor wee man probably has some nasty cuts from the talons. Could have been a lot worse I suppose. I know they can take lambs etc which will be about the same weight as a toddler. Sea Eagles are even bigger and I've read a couple of stories of them taking peoples dogs.

Edit - have now read it is probably a fake, a good fake but fake none the less.

Edited 19 December, 2012 by Aspman

[kit]

cant really see it being fake..unless you think its ok for an eagle to lift a small child four foot in the air then drop it!!...Plus in the realms of bird attacks its not uncommon for large birds to take fair sized animals, so a small child to a extremly large bird of prey will look like a wee scooby snack! Wasnt there a case in the Falkland's where the Artic Skua's are very aggresive lifing a child from a garden?

[@Lee]

What I mean is why has he got his cam out anyways? What is good there to be recording? - The running over could be part of the effect.

with camera phones now, people take pics and video of all sorts of crap, doesn't need to be anything interesting to get the cam out. 10 billion vids on youtube and 99% of it is pointless crap. Look at all the boring vids you get on FB as well, proof positive that these days we'll film paint drying!

[@Lee]

cant really see it being fake..unless you think its ok for an eagle to lift a small child four foot in the air then drop it!!...Plus in the realms of bird attacks its not uncommon for large birds to take fair sized animals, so a small child to a extremly large bird of prey will look like a wee scooby snack! Wasnt there a case in the Falkland's where the Artic Skua's are very aggresive lifing a child from a garden?

+1, plenty of evidence where large birds of prey have taken anything from rabbits to small dogs and even lambs and kid goats.

[Money hungry]

Always somebody sticking their beak in..... (sorry)

[Dark_Hero]

Golden eagles can tackle mid sized deer. A very powerful bird. I had the pleasure if seeing some sea eagles in Scotland in the summer and they are truly impressive

[gallego1968]

Fake or not it could happen

[kit]

bugger its fake after all !!! 3 canadian film students!!!...bloody students at it again!!!

Kit

[BossFox]

Do we have many Golden Eagles around the UK?

I'm thinking Essex is probably fairly safe...

[lopas]

I'm thinking Essex is probably fairly safe...

for falcons!

[Dark_Hero]

Essex is safe. They were planning to release sea eagles in Norfolk as it's close to their natural habitat, but farmers complained so it didn't happen :-( I don't think they eat foxes though, so your safe Richard :-)

[Aspman]

Golden Eagles are all up here still I believe.

Sea Eagles are a good bit bigger than a golden eagle.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-14631018

[Dark_Hero]

There was 1 remaining pair in the lake district I believe, other than that they're all in Scotland

[ssppeeddyy2]

little look BTS http://www.lapresse.ca/videos/actualites/201212/19/46-1-canular-de-laigle-le-making-of-.php/ebcdcf6cf0a240b9872184f400d7522e

[Macdemon]

That's already been exposed as a fake, sorry.