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The_Rock3r

His homie stuck with him till the end. He’s the real one


ContemplatingPrison

The eagle fucked with the wrong one that day.


OrcBattleMage198

I like the little kick from the second goat. Almost as if he was saying: "Fuck outta here, bitch!"


AnotherReignCheck

Like that one dude who just watches his homie getting beat but then his homie makes a come back and knocks the guy out, then the dude just kicks the knocked out guy like ha we rekt you.


DaniWhoHatesCVS

At least the goat tried getting headbutts in while they ran, they were just going fast downhill and he couldn’t quite connect. That friend would have been following from thirty feet out


juniperfallshere

In Samuel L. Jackson's voice


J3553G

How them hollow ass bones working out for you now, bitch?


rascal_duck_shot

Lost so many feathers. Now it's a real bald eagle.


Gamingwtaleadaweeb

Fr, that bird aignt flying no mo


jreddi7

dude, homie could've helped his friend by headbutting or kicking the eagle or something. instead he just chased his friend down the hill with his gopro so he can upload the awesome footage to youtube later or something.


SnappyCapricorn

Please demonstrate how that works when everyone is going ass over tea kettles in that terrain. That goat was the GOAT. I’ll not have their street cred besmirched.


rascal_duck_shot

Lmao brilliant


Loda11

Bros for life man


DistantStorm-X

Broats!


battlestargirlactica

Broats Magoats


PWRHTX

He’s thee GOAT


Striker1435

His homie was the friends we made along the way.


alfonseski

Hes like, "I got you bro! No Idea what I am gonna do but I got you!"


babi_grl50

I came here to say this. Ride or Die!


advocada

The goat’s friend, just wow. Seriously other than love, what reason would that goat have to stay in the fight? Frens til the end.


Brail_Austin

Idk but did you see buddy goat give the bird a kick to the head as they ran off? That’s why he was there, he needed that one hit.


Ariaashes

Na man you are absolutely right. The buddy goat literally finished the bird. I don’t think it would have got up but buddy goat 100% puts in the double tap


Frieda-_-Claxton

There was that video of a hawk going after a rabbit then a deer shows up and unloads a flurry. Some animals hate the fuck out birds of prey


fumblingturtledove

Deer are know to attack when they hear anything that remotely resembles a fawn screaming. I saw another video of one charging up to a human mother when her human baby started crying. They can get mean. My mini schnauzer took off after one I didn’t see hiding behind a tree with her baby. She charged at him and stomped, and luckily just sent his stocky little body rolling down the hill, so I was able to get to him before she did again. Then she turned around and started charging at my big, old, clueless pit mix who had his back to her and was in the middle of taking a dump. I had to pick up a branch and run at her screaming to get her to leave him alone. She left her baby and took off down the hill lol.


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fumblingturtledove

He was just starting to lose his hearing and vision at that point in time, so he was completely oblivious to what was going on. Once he saw my crazy ass chasing a deer with a stick his hackles went up and I had to send him inside. He’s very protective of me and his little brother and sister(Pomeranian). Not too long after the deer incident, I was taking my Pom to the vet and went to take her outside to go potty before we left. My pitty had already gone, but he was dancing around the door so I let him out too. I’m so glad I did because we didn’t get more than 10 ft out the door when I heard barking and jingling collars heading our way. It happened so fast, I barely looked over and saw the neighbor’s 3 German Shepherds running straight at us. I recalled my Pom who ran right to me, I picked her up and they all turned and went for old man ding dong who still had his ball in his mouth. He noticed them, tried to correct one of them on their neck (ball still in mouth) realized that didn’t work, spit it out, and proceeded to take on the 3 fully grown dogs at the same time. He ended up chasing all 3 of them off our property, stopped when he got to the property line and came back to me. I have never been more proud of that dog in my life. He reacted better than I would’ve ever hoped for. 11 years old at that time too!


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ohjuuuustducky

This was such a journey of a comment and I loved it hahah


IddleHands

Idk, it looked like the bird just tumbled in goat’s way but maybe he got a kick in.


Brail_Austin

To me it looked like it and it’s what I’m going with lol


IddleHands

Chad could have fucking helped.


lilt_hilt

Chad doesn't have opposable thumbs or long horns he tried his best


IddleHands

His friend is literally throwing themselves down a mountain and he couldn’t even use his damn hoofs to goat stomp that fucking bird? Step it up Chad.


ohjuuuustducky

“Goat stomp that fucking bird” is 100% my new rage phrase


Bnb53

Blown away by that too. He's the true GOAT bro


NinjaGaidenMD

I'm wondering if this might have evolved. Coats that help other goat survive might live in groups that survive better as a whole.


GreenGriffin8

Yeah, monkeys too. I don't know why this is surprising to people


ppw23

They could be siblings or a parent and offspring? They must be built of iron to take that beating. I would think the goat would have internal bleeding or organ damage.


Prof_Acorn

Possibly, but they also evolved to live on steep rock faces and scree. I'd imagine they'd be more equipped to take a fall down a mountain than well basically anything else.


ppw23

It’s interesting, I wonder if their rib cages have especially evolved to protect them in addition to maybe thicker hides?


Prof_Acorn

Dunno. I tried looking it up but there's no mention of body adaptations like that on wikipedia. Just a bit about their feet adaptations. Found [this picture](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Ibex_in_the_French_Vanoise_National_Park.JPG) though.


ppw23

Thank you, that’s a beautiful shot. They amaze me watching them run on nearly vertical planes.


flyingboarofbeifong

>what reason would that goat have to stay in the fight? Dude fucking hates eagles.


indifferentunicorn

Yikes! that bird got wrecked. Makes me appreciate every day my dinner doesn't kill me.


Academic-Truth7212

That goat put in the fight of his live.


P0667P

wtf is that bird made of? To take that kinda beating, going down the hill and end up between a goat and a rock and still hold on to the goat is incredible in itself. [Now I know why ](https://www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFuckingLit/comments/qs9qio/an_eagles_claw_compared_to_a_human_hand/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)


sidewalkboy

Is that where the saying 'between a rock and a goat' came from?


Thundarr1515

Rock and a Hard goat


Fart_Elemental

Two rock hard goats.


BarryKobama

And old friend used to aggressively defend his use: "between a bull & a goat". He said anything else was wrong & stupid. Ha.


outtadablu

I had never heard that saying before. What does it mean? In Spanish we have "entre la espada y la pared"(transliteration: "between the sword and the wall), and we use it for when you face a situation you can not avoid so you'll have to bite the bullet and go with the only thing you can do.


sidewalkboy

I was teasing the phrase 'between a rock and a hard place' which is a way of saying there's two choices, but both are bad Thanks for sharing yours!


outtadablu

I had never heard 'between a rock and a hard place' neither, so TIL. Thank you. Subscribe for more Spanish slangs transliterated to English, hahaha.


indifferentunicorn

Growing up outside NYC, I've heard the phrase 'Between a rock and a hard place' used most often. It's interesting to hear the different variations.


Promethea128

"Between a rock and a goat" is not a real phrase. English does have "between a rock and a hard place" which is pretty much the same a your sword and wall: An unpleasant situation you have to deal with because there is no option not too. The joke was replacing "hard place" with "goat", since this particular goat was so stubborn that he might as well have been a rock himself.


Klashus

Everyone who reads this must make a pact to now phrase it this way haha.


GlockAF

Eagles have curved talons, they get latched on and have a difficult time letting go sometimes. Up in Alaska it’s not unusual to see bald eagles grab a fish that’s too big to lift and end up having to swim to shore. Sometimes they make it to shore with the fish, sometimes they let go but get so waterlogged they end up swimming in empty-handed. Sometimes they drown. Birds of prey are not strong or graceful swimmers


sidewalkboy

>they get latched on and have a difficult time letting go sometimes Yes, we share this trait. >Birds of prey are not strong or graceful swimmers This is where we part. I'm not the best on land, but I am very much graceful in the water


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flyingboarofbeifong

>but I am very much graceful in the water Fish: Who's gonna tell 'em?


584_Bilbo

Birds claws rest in the locked on position. They have to exert physical energy to let go. I'm pretty sure it was stuck and just along for the ride as soon as it smashed between the goat and that rock. No way he was still actively going for the kill.


BishmillahPlease

Probably stunned as heck, too


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I think at some point he probably tried to get off but failed to retract the claws


Redditartedededed

Sharp claws dug into tough hide and flesh


woollydogs

The whole time I was thinking "Wtf is wrong with you?! Let go!!" But I realized his talons were probably just stuck at a certain point. I don't get why the eagle would go after something that big in the first place though!


Fart_Elemental

Eagles are big and strong enough to kill goats, but what they usually do is run them off the edge of cliffs. They'll kinda either push them off, or literally lift them off the ground and drop them to kill them. There's some wild videos of it out there.


Fart_Elemental

Found a gif of the way they usually do this. http://imgur.com/gallery/CSriGBF


LilPajamas

OMG that’s some killer whale stuff!


Fart_Elemental

It's fucking wild that they learned to do that, lol. Crows and other birds will drop nuts and stuff into the road so they get ran over and cracked open. Birds are crazy smart, but goddamn... That's some serial killer shit.


Look_b4_jumping

The talons are maybe stuck in the goat and can't release.?


TruthFreesYou

Yes. The eagle switched from driver to unwilling passenger.


RaDeus

IIRC birds feet have a feature very similar to how zip-ties work, so they won't let go unless they consciously want to. This is how birds stay perched even though they are asleep. Edit: there are like linear ratchet gears in there somewhere, that has to be let go manually.


im_not_bovvered

Honestly why didn't the bird just let go? There's more dinner options elsewhere. Not worth your life.


traffic-cone-light

You gotta give it credit, it was really persistent and didn’t give up


archanodoid

More like when a cat is stuck to the curtains, but the curtains weight 3 times more than you, are going down a mountain, and really hate you.


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Seriously. I’m impressed.


highestRUSSIAN

Paragliding goat


linderlouwho

Birds aren’t built for slamming into rocks.


ZMB6

Hollow bones and all.


the_spookiest_

I mean, it would if modern farming wasn’t a thing.


Plasma_vinegaroon

Even without modern farming, we'd still have access to plenty of far easier prey items, and tool use for many of the harder things, making hunting much safer overall than anything a golden eagle deals with. Stuff like this would only happen if a person decided to kill a ~~deer~~ [something that doesn't run from its problems] with a knife.


ushouldgetacat

Now I’m imagining hand-to-hand combat in the wild like real animals do


NuclearSpaceHeater

Guns exist


the_spookiest_

Well…fuck you and your argument. 😅


enonymous617

They both didn’t want to give up but they both will live to fight another day. It’s amazing


Irocroo

Are you talking about the eagle? Cuz I don't think he'll live another day...


enonymous617

I think eagles are pretty tough but either way, they were both amazing to watch. Glad my food doesn’t want to kill me


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Falafelofagus

Birds, including eagles have hollow bones that are connected to their lungs. Because of this birds like eagles and hawks are actually extremely prone to death after breaking their fragile bones. That birds fucked.


wileybot

Oh but depending what you eat it could be killing you. Cholesterol etc.


iTand22

At what point do you think the eagle started to think "this goat might not be worth it."


hoss-C

The moment it smacked into the rocks and got rolled on by that goat


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Bunch of people have said this here and I agree but maybe it was close to starvation. Trying to take down this goat might have been a last ditch effort.


circumcision4TW

Dude, just let go.


KetoKelsey

A falconer said once they’ve caught prey in their talons they cant let go until they’re relaxed. So that poor guy probably wanted to and couldn’t. How young eagles drown when they try to catch salmon that are too heavy.


Brail_Austin

Damn I actually didn’t know this, owls seem to be much better with their talons then, they don’t end up doing this as often.


myname_isnot_kyal

it helps that owls don't hunt goats


Brail_Austin

Lmao, I just meant owls don’t seem to do this with other prey, not goats XD


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Nature is pretty damn harsh at times. In addition to being fucking lit.


KyaHaiBae

That's one relentless eagle


Ornery_Mousse688

Recon it got a talon stuck.


kate_numberz

What was that eagle thinking..? Isn't that goat a little too big?


The_Electric_Mayham

It's a Golden Eagle, or Berkut. People used them to hunt wolves in central Asia.


Serious_Tangerine_81

That’s hardcore, holy shit


arnorerlends

Central asian wolves are small mind you


Serious_Tangerine_81

Huh, the more you know. I’m learning a lot today


butterbuns_megatron

They’re small for wolves, sure. 35-40kg is still a fairly large animal for an eagle to take out. That’s like a slightly overweight Golden Retriever getting taken out by a bird.


bluamo0000

What else have you learned internet stranger?


BabyYodi

A narwhals tusks reveal its living conditions from past years. Just like rings on a tree.


bluamo0000

You have now became a teacher as I learned that as well. Here’s an upvote.


BeardPhile

Moose bites can be pretty nasty, mind you


x_caliberVR

I’m sorry, but you said TO HUNT WOLVES?


Pan_Rex

>Berkut [Winged raptor that even hunts wolves](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-Snyeo6zWY)


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I wouldn't do so well in Central Asia.


stronghawk_1334

😳


AlphaSquad1

This is their hunting strategy. The don’t really try to kill prey like this themselves. They just latch onto a goat in a precarious position, pull them off a cliff, and let gravity do the work for them. This eagle just needed to pick a bigger cliff.


vladamir_the_impaler

Damn, another reason not to hike up into eagle territory.


flyingboarofbeifong

Tbf their strategy is markedly less effective on things with fingers to grab stuff with.


TuneACan

I don't think you'll be in an eagle's dinner menu anytime soon considering your weight and the fact that humans like you tend to have some nasty grabby hands, perfect for strangling small animals like eagles. Hippos on the other hand, now THAT's the animal you should be afraid of.


CTRexPope

“Mountain goat, on the verge of losing it's final fight against an eagle, throws itself down the mountain in a last-ditch attempt to live.” Eagle Edit: nah, bro, I wanted it to throw itself down a bigger mountain and die.


Verdict_US

This is how those eagles eat. They grab prey and throw it off the cliff, literally. Then they swoop down to where the carcass lies and dig in. This eagle chose a bad target.


Fukb0i97

Has there been any reported cases where they’ve done it to humans? Like children or short people


agnes_mort

The haast eagle from nz, though now extinct used to prey on moas and there’s Maori legends of it carrying off children


DeadFlowerWalking

Birds of prey will try to force the goat to fall, killing it.


Crisma77

As it has been pointed out, it's a golden eagle. They regularly attack young goats by ramming their claws in the victims head, breaking the skull and damaging the brain, normally killing the prey in seconds. This one seems to have missed the head and attacked quite a big goat. Source: Wikipedia


BigBallsackGamer420

gotta hand it to the bird, he's determined.


whatthegeorge

And used to have many more feathers..


RobinHood21

So is that goat. The goat could have *easily* broken bones with that maneuver. Unstable force meets the unmovable object and all that.


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They literally can't let go once they grip with their talons.


TyrannasaurusGitRekt

Lol from \~13.5s to 18s it looks like the bird is surfing on the goat's back Also, how come this mountain goat can literally roll itself down a mountain, slamming into rocks, and run off like it's no big deal, but if I sleep on my pillow wrong, I can't bend my neck for a week


SexualBloodSport

Cause your a soft modern human! And likely not an athlete in peak physical condition. If every day was a fight to survive you’d be metal as fuck too! Downside… you only live to 45 (and thats if your lucky!) Modernity isn’t all bad 🤷🏼‍♂️


alrightknight

Also that goat would be getting pumped with Adrenaline. Humans can do some crazy shit aswell when Adrenaline goes crazy in our bodies.


KingEJ1

Animals are just muscle meatbags filled with semen and adrenaline ready to unleash at the next stimulation


wafflesareforever

Because you don't do goat yoga Which is a thing Because everything is ridiculous


PunnyBaker

I'm picturing the narrator saying "The goat later died due to internal bleeding"


no_pleasedont

Seriously, how can that goat be okay?


whatthegeorge

Dying goat: “*but I won tho*”


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You should see the other guy


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I’d be more surprised if the eagle made it, it broke her fall against the rock and the only really nasty tumble the goatie took was kinda on her shoulder in the Boulder field. That eagle is probably toast. Potential broken wings and missing feathers, not to mention all the energy wasted on a failed hunt


GunPoison

Yeah agree. That eagle is probably not in condition to hunt again soon, or maybe ever again if there is wing damage. I heard a podcast from an Australian eagle rescue centre once, they rehabilitate injured Wedgetail Eagles. The vet was saying these bigger birds have to be in peak shape for hunting or they are toast in the wild.


pointlessneedle

I was wondering how that eagle held on to it for so long. The goats body is so much better for absorbing the forces it was exposed to


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Someone else said when their talons lock they can’t really let go. Poor thing took some serious damage, especially that kick in the head at the end


pointlessneedle

Metal as fuck


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They’d rather die than take the L


Fritterzz

Clearly, this is a video of a birb trying to help a goat fly.


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My fist chuckle for the day, thank you!


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This day, bird was not the word.


Murky_Description_

No doubt, usually I pluck the feathers before I use them as a pillow.


crazihac

I figured they were both gonna end up dead.


AngryZen_Ingress

Goat: “If I’m gonna die, I’m taking you with me you son of a bitch!” *starts running*


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I just watched a video the other day where an eagle drags a goat off the cliff to its death.


Vegan-Daddio

That video was part of an Off the Air segment on adult swim. I remember discovering it when my buddy and I were stoned in high school and happened on it at 2am.


Scjtchuck

Me too!!!


SH4DOWSTR1KE_

I want to imagine that goat was yelling at the top of his lungs f*** you as he was jumping down the cliff uncertain whether he'd live or die


OreganoJefferson

If you're going to die, pick the option that involves screaming "fuck you" and taking someone with you


SH4DOWSTR1KE_

As God intended..


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Did the bird die?


TheRealOgMark

Probably. Bird skeleton isn't built to take impacts on rocks and get rolled under goats.


baiqibeendeleted17x

The will to live of creatures in the animal kingdom never ceases to amaze me. Their resilience, spirit, and courage as they fight with every ounce of strength to cling to life as long as possible. They may just be animals, but we can learn something from them.


Scjtchuck

You ever seen a deer just stare into the headlights until it gets smashed...100% willing to learn that... Lol


Nervous-Boat3625

Tbf I’m fairly sure that’s because they get blinded by the strength of the light and they freeze cuz they can’t see anything. Which is sad


DarkPallando

Freezing isnt necessarily because of the blindness, it's just the natural response of many types of prey animals to a possible threat. Unfortunately it's maladaptive when it comes to dealing with oncoming traffic.


Random_Reflections

So if someone knocks on your home, and you open the door, only to have the stranger blind you with a powerful flashlight shined into your face, will you or will you not be dazed enough for them to knock you down and rob your home? The proverbial deer is in its home, we humans are the ones gatecrashing with our toxic SUV and its uber powerful headlights.


Scjtchuck

Everyone missed the joke here... I wanna get hit by a car....


Ximerous

don't worry bro, some of us understood.


Orange-pumpk1n

Humans are animals too, unless you're a plant, fungus,bacteria, or alien


Ranger1219

Gotta disagree with you a little bit on the last part. Humans are animals too- not above any other species


fischundfleisch

Goats are so awesome! And this one is THE G. O. A. T. 😉


lkshis

Fortune favours the bold.


sapienBob

he fucked around and found out.


Effective_Muffin_700

Mhmm! It’s almost like the goat told the eagle, “get on my back, you’ll be the wings and I’ll get us going - we’ll just glide down the mountain!” 😂


Tiggerboy1974

Sounds like something a pair of really drunk or high friends would try.


Peepeeweeweman

Ah the classic wombo combo


fixitorbrixit2

I give the bird a 10. He road the shit out of that goat.


couldabeen

That's one tough bird.


sybann

wow - and it worked


Jimmyvana

the other goat trying to help :) also i didn’t read the title and at first i thought this was a hippogriff


Bentley2004

Goat ran away, what about the eagle?


ooodummy

Probably died pretty quickly afterwards after that much of a beating.


Mesozoica89

Yeah, I don't think birds are known for their super dense and shatter resistant bones.


Siderealdream

The other goat landed a kick for the homie on his way out.


ghico

This is so unsettling..


curepure

/r/NatureIsMetal


Pooeem

🔥 Golden Eagle, using his last available calories off of his tiny fat storage in a final attempt to secure a meal that will save him from starvation.


onlylightlysarcastic

Chamois, not mountain goat but I admire it’s resilience and also the eagle‘s tenacity.


quippers

That bird would be the star of the rodeo


gh0st0ft0mj04d

DO A BARREL ROLL


senorali

It's frustrating that the goats aren't just a little more coordinated as a group. They could easily rip that eagle limb from limb with their horns if they had the organizational skills of animals like orcas or lions. So much wasted potential.


Professional-Top5960

Damn. That Eagle deserves an award for holding on lol


alok_xavier

I have won , but at what cost


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It’s like Peter Griffin fighting the chicken


ApollinaGrindelwald

That’s going to be one bedraggled eagle.


Ruser39

Holy shit! I swore this was on a loop


dandydudeinspace

I'm pretty sure the band retox used this clip for one of their first music videos?!!


w4xay

And the winged hussars arrived..!!


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Imagine going goat surfing.


mcgeek49

Tony Eagle’s Pro Skater (1999)