Golden Eagle snatches child

[carolonabike]

http://www.thejournal.ie/eagle-snatches-child-video-722260-Dec2012/

Perhaps small children should be tied together until they reach a certain weight. Luckily this one was just a bit too big.

 

[Cheddar George]

 

[Andrew_Culture]

When I was very young I took great solace out of the realisation that in Britain I would probably never have my life abruptly ended by a volcano, earthquake or by wild animal.

I don't think I've ever grown out of embracing that solace.

 

[fossyant]

Blimey. We don't even have scarey spiders !

 

[deanE]

We have the same problem with Seagulls in Cornwall!

 

[carolonabike]

When I was very young I took great solace out of the realisation that in Britain I would probably never have my life abruptly ended by a volcano, earthquake or by wild animal.

I don't think I've ever grown out of embracing that solace.

You're right Andrew, we should be very thankful. Several years ago we went to Australia with a school exchange trip. The number of stingy, bitey things lying in wait for you there is just astonishing.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Cripes!! Wonder where that eagle got the taste for human

 

[Andrew_Culture]

You're right Andrew, we should be very thankful. Several years ago we went to Australia with a school exchange trip. The number of stingy, bitey things lying in wait for you there is just astonishing.

I think Bill Bryson summed up Australia by saying it's a beautiful place; it's just a shame everything there is trying to kill you!

 

[Sittingduck]

Blimey. We don't even have scarey spiders !

I beg to differ

 

[fossyant]

I beg to differ

 

[fossyant]

Must say it was a damn good job the kid had a load of winter clothing on, the tallons would normally go straight through cotton and skin with ease. I recon the weight wouldn't have been a problem, probably the parent's screaming !

 

[Doseone]

Blimey. Hope the kid was ok.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Childhood obesity may be evolutionary

 

[colly]

You're right Andrew, we should be very thankful. Several years ago we went to Australia with a school exchange trip. The number of stingy, bitey things lying in wait for you there is just astonishing.

Never been into Leeds on a Saturday night then ?

 

[Andrew_Culture]

[QUOTE 2211288, member: 259"]When I was a kid I always used to be terrified by the rabies posters when leaving the UK. As soon as you got off the ferry on the other side, thousands of enraged, slavering dogs would apparently attack you and infect you with rabies.There used to be questions askied in the Commons about the digging of the Channel Tunnel and the imminent collapse of most of Kent into an apocalyptic zombies dawn of the dead style apocalypse.

And now I find out that I'm not even safe in Canada - or Scotland!

[/quote]

So the rabid French rats skipped England and headed straight for Scotland?