Bear vs Eagle. Eagle wins

[OulOat]

OSLO, Norway - Wildlife experts were stunned this week to see an eagle attack and carry off a bear cub in view of its mother. The Norwegian Institute for Nature Research said it had not been able to find any other such attack documented anywhere.

Sigvart Totland and Jarle Mogens Totsaas were monitoring bears in central Norway for the Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management when they saw the attack Sunday.

They saw a family of bears about 400 yards away that was climbing a steep incline. The smallest cub, weighing an estimated 6 or 7 pounds, was trailing behind by about 10 yards.

"Suddenly an eagle swooped down, grabbed the bear cub and flew away with it," Totsaas said Wednesday on the state radio network NRK. "The bear cub was screaming the whole time, and the eagle flew toward us and came very close. We could easily see the bear cub hanging in its claws, and kicking."

Norwegian bears where generally believed to have no natural enemies, which contributed to the surprise of the experts over the attack.

Torgeir Nygaard, of the nature institute, compared the event to finding snow in the Sahara desert.

"There has never been a similar observation," he said on NRK.

In was not clear what happened to the cub after the eagle flew off with it in the Lierene area of Nord-Troendelag county, 450 miles north of Oslo.

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[GasX]

WOW! :Q

 

[JoPh]

 

[Kelemvor]

That's so sad. Bear cubs are so incredibly cute...

 

[monk3y]

Pretty crazy. Them Norwegian eagles must be pretty vicious... even though it was a cub.

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
That's so sad. Bear cubs are so incredibly cute...

maybe so, but it is the animal I would least like to run into in the wild.

 

[iamme]

well of course Philadelphia is better than Chicago....duh....

 

[OulOat]

Originally posted by: iamme
well of course Philadelphia is better than Chicago....duh....

Seriously, how many of you thought this was about sports from the title?

 

[monk3y]

Originally posted by: OulOat

Originally posted by: iamme
well of course Philadelphia is better than Chicago....duh....

Seriously, how many of you thought this was about sports from the title?

To tell you the truth... before I opened the thread up I did think this was about football

 

[So]

Wow....cool!

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: InstincT

Originally posted by: OulOat

Originally posted by: iamme
well of course Philadelphia is better than Chicago....duh....

Seriously, how many of you thought this was about sports from the title?

To tell you the truth... before I opened the thread up I did think this was about football

yeah same. heh guess im ready for the season to start!

 

[azazyel]

6 or 7 pounds isn't much. I have seen bald eagles around my house with salmon that weigh that. Still crazy though, it would probably have a hard time killing it unless it just flys really high and drops it.

 

[Bassyhead]

thats pretty incredible :Q

 

[no0b]

Eagle > Bear Cub

 

[ThePresence]

Nobody saw the cub whoop the eagle when it dropped it off.

 

[MikeO]

In was not clear what happened to the cub after the eagle flew off with it

My guess is the eagle hid the cub in a secret cave and then blackmailed mommy & papa bear for some $$$

 

[CPA]

This is obviously a case of bad parenting.

This is exactly why I tell my kids to stick close by when we're walking somewhere.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: CPA
This is obviously a case of bad parenting.

This is exactly why I tell my kids to stick close by when we're walking somewhere.

sure. this is another argument for a leash!

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: CPA
This is obviously a case of bad parenting.

This is exactly why I tell my kids to stick close by when we're walking somewhere.

obivously, the eagle's parents allowed it to play too many violent video games....

 

[cmdavid]

the phil eagles are much better than the chi bears.. the bears haven't done anything for years and years...

 

[maddogchen]

thats why the US(eagle) beat the Soviets(bear)

 

[Sid59]

damn. a video of that woulda been tight.

 

[zbalat]

Originally posted by: Sid59
damn. a video of that woulda been tight.

werd

 

[sman789]

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah eagles

 

[OulOat]

Originally posted by: CPA
This is obviously a case of bad parenting.

This is exactly why I tell my kids to stick close by when we're walking somewhere.

LOL!