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(First link via Andrew Sullivan.)
(First link via Andrew Sullivan.)
You leave my massive American penis out of this!
posted by Pollomacho at 10:31 AM on June 13, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by Pollomacho at 10:31 AM on June 13, 2008 [2 favorites]
this is great. In high school I found this old Disney movie about the desert and there was footage of an eagle fighting a snake and a mouse riding on a tortoise's back. good stuff.
posted by zennoshinjou at 10:33 AM on June 13, 2008
posted by zennoshinjou at 10:33 AM on June 13, 2008
*runs and hides*
posted by GooseOnTheLoose at 10:35 AM on June 13, 2008
posted by GooseOnTheLoose at 10:35 AM on June 13, 2008
They're fucking FLYING DINOSAURS. The last survivors of the ancient saurian enemy-race of all mammallian-kind.
Noble creatures, my pasty pale mammalian rump.
posted by yhbc at 10:45 AM on June 13, 2008
Noble creatures, my pasty pale mammalian rump.
posted by yhbc at 10:45 AM on June 13, 2008
Clearly, the threat is real. But what can I do to defend myself and my loved ones against eagle attacks? Also, terrorists.
posted by LordSludge at 10:48 AM on June 13, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by LordSludge at 10:48 AM on June 13, 2008 [2 favorites]
Americans who don't live among eagles and haven't read Lewis's journals can find enlightenment in Arthur Cleveland Bent's 1937 classic, Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey. "A fine-looking bird," Bent writes of the bald eagle, but "hardly worthy of the distinction [of being the national emblem]. Its carrion-feeding habit, its timid and cowardly behavior, and its predatory attacks on the smaller and weaker osprey hardly inspire respect." Bent's baldies-behaving-badly exposé also reveals that our nation's icon relishes vulture vomit. It's not that they find the vomit lying around; rather, they seek out vultures and force them to vomit. Then they eat the regurgitate. "Our national bird may still be admired," Bent suggests, "by those who are not familiar with its habits.posted by christopherious at 11:01 AM on June 13, 2008 [3 favorites]
"Beauty Is Only Feather Deep", American Scientist, Sept.-Oct. 2006, Vol. 94, No. 5, p. 392
Don't forget the Harris' Hawk that kinda picked up a small dog in Bryant Park! (scroll down)
posted by rtha at 11:04 AM on June 13, 2008
posted by rtha at 11:04 AM on June 13, 2008
Oh, and for those of you picking on the bald eagle, it's only in two of the links in the post! You have much more to fear from golden eagles.
posted by rtha at 11:08 AM on June 13, 2008
posted by rtha at 11:08 AM on June 13, 2008
A better video of the goat can be found in this thread.
posted by caddis at 11:11 AM on June 13, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by caddis at 11:11 AM on June 13, 2008 [2 favorites]
...they seek out vultures and force them to vomit.
WTF??
Do they gross them out, or pour some eagle ipecac down their gullet?
posted by BobFrapples at 11:11 AM on June 13, 2008
WTF??
Do they gross them out, or pour some eagle ipecac down their gullet?
posted by BobFrapples at 11:11 AM on June 13, 2008
yeah, sure, but what about pirates vs. ninjas where's THAT clip???
posted by HuronBob at 11:18 AM on June 13, 2008
posted by HuronBob at 11:18 AM on June 13, 2008
If I hear "Desperado" one more time I might kill something, too.
posted by mosk at 11:21 AM on June 13, 2008
posted by mosk at 11:21 AM on June 13, 2008
Awesome! And while we're on the subject, anybody know the answer to this AskMe?
posted by cashman at 11:21 AM on June 13, 2008
posted by cashman at 11:21 AM on June 13, 2008
its predatory attacks on the smaller and weaker...
Our forefathers knew what we'd become all too well...
posted by any major dude at 11:24 AM on June 13, 2008
Our forefathers knew what we'd become all too well...
posted by any major dude at 11:24 AM on June 13, 2008
Whoa, the Conchords guy is getting a movie? And it looks good! I see his manager is in there, but not his roommate. No hard feelings there, I hope.
posted by DU at 11:33 AM on June 13, 2008
posted by DU at 11:33 AM on June 13, 2008
Got. Got a movie. At least a year ago.
So out of the loop, I am.
posted by DU at 11:35 AM on June 13, 2008
So out of the loop, I am.
posted by DU at 11:35 AM on June 13, 2008
Where's Dirk Gently when you need him?
posted by tommasz at 11:36 AM on June 13, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by tommasz at 11:36 AM on June 13, 2008 [1 favorite]
Pfff..who cares! Eagle vs. fucking CHUCK NORRIS. Show me that.
posted by spicynuts at 11:37 AM on June 13, 2008
posted by spicynuts at 11:37 AM on June 13, 2008
DU: it's been out for a while. The consensus was that it was no Napoleon Dynamite, but that might have been a good thing. I liked it, but I'd only give it two and a half stars.
On preview, I see you realize all that now, but I spent the time and effort to write a mini-review, so that's what you're gonna get.
posted by yhbc at 11:44 AM on June 13, 2008
On preview, I see you realize all that now, but I spent the time and effort to write a mini-review, so that's what you're gonna get.
posted by yhbc at 11:44 AM on June 13, 2008
The eagle was devouring the carcass of a blue hare when a fox sprang from the surrounding heather and seized the great bird by the wing. A well-contested struggle ensued in which the eagle made a desperate attempt to defend itself with its claws and succeeded in extricating itself from its enemy's grasp, but before it had time to escape Reynard seized it by the breast and seemed more determined than ever. The eagle made another attempt to overpower its antagonist by striking with its wings, but that would not compel the aggressor to quit its hold. At last the eagle succeeded in raising the fox from the ground, and for a few minutes Reynard was suspended by his own jaws between heaven and earth. Although now placed in an unfavorable position for fighting his courage did not forsake him, as he firmly kept his hold and seemed to make several attempts to bring the eagle down, but he soon found the strong wings of the eagle were capable of raising him, and that there was no way of escape unless the bird should alight somewhere. The eagle made a straight ascent and rose to a considerable height in the air.
After struggling for a time Reynard was obliged to quit his grasp, and descended much quicker than he had gone up. He was dashed to the earth, where he lay struggling in the agonies of death. The eagle made his escape, but appeared weak from exhaustion and loss of blood.
posted by caddis at 11:56 AM on June 13, 2008
This just reaffirms my already ironclad conviction that eagles are awesome. Esp. eagle v deer.
posted by Mister_A at 12:04 PM on June 13, 2008
posted by Mister_A at 12:04 PM on June 13, 2008
DU: it's been out for a while. The consensus was that it was no Napoleon Dynamite, but that might have been a good thing. I liked it, but I'd only give it two and a half stars.
Definitely no Napoleon, but I don't think it was trying to be. It was a good movie, I thought, in way different ways in which Napoleon was a good movie.
posted by inigo2 at 12:15 PM on June 13, 2008
Definitely no Napoleon, but I don't think it was trying to be. It was a good movie, I thought, in way different ways in which Napoleon was a good movie.
posted by inigo2 at 12:15 PM on June 13, 2008
Oh man was that clip of the eagle with the deer/goat creepy. That music! I was really expecting some crazy ass ending, like it drops the deer and it explodes in a bloody mess. Gah! I've always known eagles are no good.
posted by Belle O'Cosity at 12:52 PM on June 13, 2008
posted by Belle O'Cosity at 12:52 PM on June 13, 2008
Eagle vs Fox:
Frame 1: Dude, howdja get so big all of a sudden like that?
Frame 2: Hey, I was here first, get your own damn carcass!
Frame 3: Ouch.
Frame 4: Dude! Ow! let go! Seriously!
Frame 5: Ok, fuck this. I'm outta here, but get this, when you are sleeping tonight, I'm totally going to eat you. I don't care how high in a tree you are.
PS, I'm killing that little fucking pied black bird too.
posted by quin at 1:01 PM on June 13, 2008
Frame 1: Dude, howdja get so big all of a sudden like that?
Frame 2: Hey, I was here first, get your own damn carcass!
Frame 3: Ouch.
Frame 4: Dude! Ow! let go! Seriously!
Frame 5: Ok, fuck this. I'm outta here, but get this, when you are sleeping tonight, I'm totally going to eat you. I don't care how high in a tree you are.
PS, I'm killing that little fucking pied black bird too.
posted by quin at 1:01 PM on June 13, 2008
Do they gross them out, or pour some eagle ipecac down their gullet?
if you get too close to a turkey vulture, it will vomit at you to drive you away, and from what i've heard the smell and nastiness of vulture vomit is enough to drive anyone away - except, of course, a very hungry eagle
posted by pyramid termite at 5:14 PM on June 13, 2008
if you get too close to a turkey vulture, it will vomit at you to drive you away, and from what i've heard the smell and nastiness of vulture vomit is enough to drive anyone away - except, of course, a very hungry eagle
posted by pyramid termite at 5:14 PM on June 13, 2008
Americans who don't live among eagles and haven't read Lewis's journals can find enlightenment in Arthur Cleveland Bent's 1937 classic, Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey. "A fine-looking bird," Bent writes of the bald eagle, but "hardly worthy of the distinction [of being the national emblem]. Its carrion-feeding habit, its timid and cowardly behavior, and its predatory attacks on the smaller and weaker osprey hardly inspire respect." Bent's baldies-behaving-badly exposé also reveals that our nation's icon relishes vulture vomit. It's not that they find the vomit lying around; rather, they seek out vultures and force them to vomit. Then they eat the regurgitate. "Our national bird may still be admired," Bent suggests, "by those who are not familiar with its habits.
I think it's only too appropriate that our national emblem eats carrion, attacks smaller and weaker birds, and induces vomiting in scavengers so that it can eat the regurgitate. Even better, that it seems noble at first glance, until you actually observe its behavior. Perfect fit.
posted by farishta at 3:33 AM on June 14, 2008
I think it's only too appropriate that our national emblem eats carrion, attacks smaller and weaker birds, and induces vomiting in scavengers so that it can eat the regurgitate. Even better, that it seems noble at first glance, until you actually observe its behavior. Perfect fit.
posted by farishta at 3:33 AM on June 14, 2008
"If I am with an eagle I always pretend that I am not with an eagle..." -- James Thurber
posted by neuron at 11:55 AM on June 14, 2008
posted by neuron at 11:55 AM on June 14, 2008
Me: I need a book of stamps.
Postal clerk: Is eagles okay?
Me: Do you have Doobie Brothers?
posted by neuron at 12:24 PM on June 14, 2008
Postal clerk: Is eagles okay?
Me: Do you have Doobie Brothers?
posted by neuron at 12:24 PM on June 14, 2008
hardly worthy of the distinction.... its predatory attacks on the smaller and weaker
Wait, sorry... what?
posted by pompomtom at 5:50 AM on June 15, 2008
Wait, sorry... what?
posted by pompomtom at 5:50 AM on June 15, 2008
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