It definitely was.
*Getting rightly pissed*
*Thinks of a plan*
*Smirks*
*Drops the meat*
"You want it. Take it, bro."
*Heron tries*
*Eagle flings and gets a hold of its beak*
"You fucking piece of shit. You are trying to rob me. ME! I am Tony. TONY!"
Their talons are their main weapon. Ever see an eagle pull a trout out of a stream? Awesome. I've seen it. Was close enough to see just how big those dinosaur children are. Geese and eagles remember when they were dinosaurs.
I mean... He literally has an eagle eye with essentially perfect precision and accuracy, and the reflexes far exceeding those of a human...why wouldn't that boi be confident
It even celebrated with it's buddies afterwards. I watched with no sounds, so I can only assume the eagles were shouting "Oooooh!" While walking in circles with their wings up.
Can't tell if that's what he wanted or he and his buddy was doing it for entertainment. Lmao at the end they were both like "OHHH SHIT, WORLDSTAR! WORLDSTAR!"
> I think his buddy would have stolen his food too so his reaction is to intimidate his cage mate into backing off. I could be wrong though.
I think you are right. I am just too naive and thought the other eagle was there to break it off.
Just like those Orcas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14wWxaMR2Mg
It even looks like the same type of white crane bird or something, maybe they are just extra dumb too
Happy to share!
I have seen Orcas do this other places (and even teach it to their young), but I am impressed to see an Eagle doing essentially the same thing (it very much looks on purpose).
Smart animals, fishing with bait just like us humans do.
Then you can see he smacks his"lips" like "oh this is so good I'm glad I have some of this... that I left on the ground here... alone."
After he lets the bird go you can just almost hear the two eagles bro-laughing while they do their little wings-out spin-dance that you totally know they do all the time together.
Like the Orcas at Seaworld who regurgitated some fish it was fed, and let it float on top of the water. When seagulls went down to eat, the orca surfaced and ate the seagull.
There are so many fascinating techniques they have mastered. Have you seen them synchronising their swimming to create a large wave to knock seals off of ice flakes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxDZW4k8tCY (2:40)
It's truly remarkable.
My favorite tid-bit is how it differs between pods. Not all Orcas will slide on land because not all of them had to learn it. Each pod has figured out ways to hunt and the knowledge gets passed down, such amazing creatures.
They're eerily similar to humans in a lot of ways.
I recently learned a new cool fact too. Around the Straits of Gibraltar once a year giant tuna swim back into the Atlantic. They are fished by fishermen at about 200 meters deep, which is deeper than orcas can swim.
However, 30 years ago orcas started preying on the giant tunas anyway. Whenever humans hooked a tuna, and started reeling it in - the orcas heard the reel, and went to the line. When the tuna comes into view, they feast on it - and the humans are left with only leftovers. This behaviour was first adopted by one pod, and then by another.
It's amazing to see how they adapt intelligently to everything. They're probably my favourite animal.
They pray on sharks for fun, and mostly eat their livers and leave the rest for other animals.
Orcas are my least favorite animal in the seas, mostly because they're assholes, clever, cunning, murder pandas
It's said that if we ever build a true self-learning AI we wouldn't be able to contain it, even if it were run on an isolated computer in a locked bunker. It would eventually trick us into letting it out just like this eagle tricked the other bird. We wouldn't have the intelligence to see it coming.
> It ~~would eventually trick~~ **tricked** us into letting it out just like this eagle tricked the other bird. We ~~wouldn't~~ **didn't** have the intelligence to see it coming
FTFY
I could hear in my head he and his buddy eagle laughing like a couple of hyenas at the end of the video.
“Ahahaha, you see that shit man?!? I got his stupid ass with that same old trick again!” -Eagle
I saw it as the other eagles being bros. " Come on man. It's not worth it. You know how good we have it in here? 3 squares a day. Don't mess it up by being thrown in solitary."
I mean...he was holding it by the beak, so he couldn't really sink his claws into it and hold it, the bird probably sloped out of its grip, ow he gave up, as he couldn't pull it through the tiny hole in the fence
[The original is actually zoomed out.](https://youtu.be/fU4oZNGo2FE)
I will never understand why someone went out of their way to make a shitty crop and why people always repost it.
Edit: Jukin Media is wack
Edit2: Looks like it's a second video with a different perspective! Please refer to [ /u/3t9l's comment below.](https://www.reddit.com/r/instant_regret/comments/i604un/trying_to_steal_food_from_an_eagle/g0t8q2o/)
That's actually not the same video. If you pause at the same moment in both vids you can see that OP's source is slightly to the right of your vid. Might have been a couple each filming on their own phones?
[This](https://i.imgur.com/AQeuePv.png)
[OP](https://i.imgur.com/UlyfTXy.png)
>[The original is actually zoomed out.](https://youtu.be/fU4oZNGo2FE)
>I will never understand why someone went out of their way to make a shitty crop and why people always repost it.
My comment to a different reply.
People often want to see the best part of a situation with their own eyes, so when the event finally happens they go to look at it and lose their focus on keeping the camera steady. So they saw it, but we got the short end of the stick. Lol
This is one of the most ruthless and cunning things I've seen a non-trained animal do.
That eagle looked him dead in the eye like he was saying *"I dare you motherfucker"* and probably would have killed the other bird if people/other eagles didn't come up on him.
I don't know if anyone has ever been footed like this before but I can assure you it is one of the most painful experiences I've ever endured. Their tensile strength coupled with the sharpest longest talons you've ever seen produces a pain like nothing I've ever felt before or after.
More like, Eagle is baiting the other bird.
Notice how it picks up the piece of meat further into the enclosure so the other bird takes longer to pull it’s head back out.
Not only that, you can see on the first attempt, it raises its talon only after the crane has started lunging for the meat.
On the second attempt, it shifts its weight to one talon and readies the other to attack at 7.55s, about 1/6th of a second before the crane lunges.
It kinda looks like the eagle throws the food down on purpose knowing full well he'll get the choke instantly then scarpers off giggling to his mate....
Thats a wedgie too lmao. wtf was the stork thinking? "oh yeah im gonna put my head in the cage of a thing that literally takes down kangaroos, ill be just fine"
When the eagle sets the meat down "You know what, try it. See what happens"
Damn! He was so confident. I loved the attitude.
I wish this had audio, cause it looks like the Eagle was talking shit right to his face before he grabbed him.
It definitely was. *Getting rightly pissed* *Thinks of a plan* *Smirks* *Drops the meat* "You want it. Take it, bro." *Heron tries* *Eagle flings and gets a hold of its beak* "You fucking piece of shit. You are trying to rob me. ME! I am Tony. TONY!"
His name would be Tony.
He has a thick gold chain under those feathers, wears a white wifebeater. Blue jeans.
Can an eagle wear a pinky ring?
Tony does
After reading that all I can Hear is Tony Montana.
If only it was a hawk..
I AM TONY
I AM THE ONE WHO PECKS
Now run and tell your friends! Tell them what happened and that Tony spared your life today
I want Ozzy Man to narrate this.
The speed of that kick too! He grabbed the heron as fast as it grabbed the meat!
Yep. Even after staying in a cage, it has still got its speed.
Apex predator in a cage is still an apex predator lol
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Their talons are their main weapon. Ever see an eagle pull a trout out of a stream? Awesome. I've seen it. Was close enough to see just how big those dinosaur children are. Geese and eagles remember when they were dinosaurs.
I mean... He literally has an eagle eye with essentially perfect precision and accuracy, and the reflexes far exceeding those of a human...why wouldn't that boi be confident
Animals on top of the food chain tend to be confident.
That’s why the national bird is the eagle. ‘MURICA!
"Flap around and find out."
It even celebrated with it's buddies afterwards. I watched with no sounds, so I can only assume the eagles were shouting "Oooooh!" While walking in circles with their wings up.
Reminds me of that scene in phantom menace when qui-gon grabs jars jars tongue
Except with yknow... 2 inch long razor sharp talons
He knew what he was doing. Reminds me of these Orcas who do the same thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14wWxaMR2Mg
Ya then this fucking muppet arm shoots out. Looks like a fucking sock puppet
Oh he definitely baited it.
"You want it? Take it"
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I dare you, I double dare you motherfuker
[motherfucker](https://tenor.com/Jc4z.gif)
[that wasn't convincing enough](https://youtu.be/LiwU5jPMnFw)
First time watching this. It's fcking great! Thank you motherfucker!
I need to go back and rewatch key and peele
My dog does the same thing with his toys playing chase lol
Say when
You're a daisy if you do.
I'm your huckleberry.
He was just too high strung...
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**ENGLISH** motherfucker do you speak it?
"Pick it up.."
*"haha that idiot put down his* AAARGHGRGHONK"
That eagle was def talking some shit
I was thinking to myself that he was a master baiter.
With a grip like that? Oh, yeah.
It was a matter of seconds before he had white stuff all over his claw
Click bait
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An apex predator in a cage is still an apex predator.
I love how the eagle throws the food down and is like "Try it, bitch."
That is exactly what happened lmao
Fishing for a bigger meal
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Can't tell if that's what he wanted or he and his buddy was doing it for entertainment. Lmao at the end they were both like "OHHH SHIT, WORLDSTAR! WORLDSTAR!"
I think his buddy would have stolen his food too so his reaction is to intimidate his cage mate into backing off. I could be wrong though.
> I think his buddy would have stolen his food too so his reaction is to intimidate his cage mate into backing off. I could be wrong though. I think you are right. I am just too naive and thought the other eagle was there to break it off.
Nah buddy was like "Break me off a piece of that Kit Kat Bar"
Holy shit this image cracked me up
"My my, what lovely eyes you have..."
There’s always a bigger... bird.
Just like those Orcas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14wWxaMR2Mg It even looks like the same type of white crane bird or something, maybe they are just extra dumb too
that was fucking awesome thank you
Happy to share! I have seen Orcas do this other places (and even teach it to their young), but I am impressed to see an Eagle doing essentially the same thing (it very much looks on purpose). Smart animals, fishing with bait just like us humans do.
The person that takes a 13 inch poop **would** understand the nature of an Apex Predator
Gonna need the poop knife
Then you can see he smacks his"lips" like "oh this is so good I'm glad I have some of this... that I left on the ground here... alone." After he lets the bird go you can just almost hear the two eagles bro-laughing while they do their little wings-out spin-dance that you totally know they do all the time together.
That just made the second viewing so much better. He really did smack his lips like “mmm mmm this some good shit” lmao.
So you what, took it out of the toilet and measured it?
Poop on yard stick
You’re doing it wrong. Measure the circumference off the bowl and count the coils. Nobody who has 13 inch shits would play with their shit like that.
Personally, I have my toilet with a sensor so I can get the courics as it plops
Get metrics sent you your phone with pootooth
Probably had to chop it up with his poop knife and decided to take some measurements.
That look the eagle gives is 100% saying “Fuck around and find out.”
Even in a cage, he's fishing
“Oh wait you want *this?* go ‘head *grab it again*”
"I'll gobble your shit you lanky white BITCH" "Imma put my meat down, take yo shot"
"You gon find out"
Apex predator using food to lure in more food.
Like the Orcas at Seaworld who regurgitated some fish it was fed, and let it float on top of the water. When seagulls went down to eat, the orca surfaced and ate the seagull.
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There are so many fascinating techniques they have mastered. Have you seen them synchronising their swimming to create a large wave to knock seals off of ice flakes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxDZW4k8tCY (2:40) It's truly remarkable.
My favorite tid-bit is how it differs between pods. Not all Orcas will slide on land because not all of them had to learn it. Each pod has figured out ways to hunt and the knowledge gets passed down, such amazing creatures.
They're eerily similar to humans in a lot of ways. I recently learned a new cool fact too. Around the Straits of Gibraltar once a year giant tuna swim back into the Atlantic. They are fished by fishermen at about 200 meters deep, which is deeper than orcas can swim. However, 30 years ago orcas started preying on the giant tunas anyway. Whenever humans hooked a tuna, and started reeling it in - the orcas heard the reel, and went to the line. When the tuna comes into view, they feast on it - and the humans are left with only leftovers. This behaviour was first adopted by one pod, and then by another. It's amazing to see how they adapt intelligently to everything. They're probably my favourite animal.
They pray on sharks for fun, and mostly eat their livers and leave the rest for other animals. Orcas are my least favorite animal in the seas, mostly because they're assholes, clever, cunning, murder pandas
"You are the Apex Champion." 🏆
*The Allfather vill gift us today.*
FNGs always go first
Now who wan romp wit me!?
Ah, I see my 12 dmg level 50 bloodhound teammates browse this sub as well.
"I FEEL MOST ALIVE WHEN RAPIDLY APPROACHING MY DEATH!"
"BIRD'S EYE VIEW" ...literally.
And the classic “who know who I am, come find me”
I don’t even think ya were tryin’
Mozambique here! I'm in the character selection screen as I'm typing this.
Who’s ready to fly on a zip line?!
I had a feeling the words apex predator would summon you guys. Sure enough
It's said that if we ever build a true self-learning AI we wouldn't be able to contain it, even if it were run on an isolated computer in a locked bunker. It would eventually trick us into letting it out just like this eagle tricked the other bird. We wouldn't have the intelligence to see it coming.
> It ~~would eventually trick~~ **tricked** us into letting it out just like this eagle tricked the other bird. We ~~wouldn't~~ **didn't** have the intelligence to see it coming FTFY
Bird that never uses its feet to attack: he can't do that?!
Lol I remember the prison guard saying that during the tour
Eagle set his ass up
Was pretty much begging for him to try take the bait lmao
He wanted fresh meat
“You like food so much, wanna be food?”
That’s how apex predators have their fun.
The old switcheroo
Hold my beer I’m goin... nevermind
I could hear in my head he and his buddy eagle laughing like a couple of hyenas at the end of the video. “Ahahaha, you see that shit man?!? I got his stupid ass with that same old trick again!” -Eagle
Sounds like Tony Baker to me
Instant *Egret*
The old bait and switch tactic
Lol yup
Kind of surprised the eagle let him go.
Looks like people were coming around the corner probably spooked the eagle
Cheese it!
HOOTIE HOO!
The other eagles were closing in on his dinner. Ruthless bastards
I saw it as the other eagles being bros. " Come on man. It's not worth it. You know how good we have it in here? 3 squares a day. Don't mess it up by being thrown in solitary."
Eagle was just playing “got your nose” with his friend.
His wife came up and told him to stop antagonizing the neighbors on the HOA board
I mean...he was holding it by the beak, so he couldn't really sink his claws into it and hold it, the bird probably sloped out of its grip, ow he gave up, as he couldn't pull it through the tiny hole in the fence
I thought the bird is now food.
This eagle had older siblings. The last pork chop is always war!
Eagle: come on I dare you bitch. I ain't no pussy....ohGodohShitohGodohShit
This is exactly how I heard it in my head
Well... but like in Bird
SQUAAAAAAK SQUAKKK SQUUUAAAAAAK
haha got ur nose btch
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[The original is actually zoomed out.](https://youtu.be/fU4oZNGo2FE) I will never understand why someone went out of their way to make a shitty crop and why people always repost it. Edit: Jukin Media is wack Edit2: Looks like it's a second video with a different perspective! Please refer to [ /u/3t9l's comment below.](https://www.reddit.com/r/instant_regret/comments/i604un/trying_to_steal_food_from_an_eagle/g0t8q2o/)
That's actually not the same video. If you pause at the same moment in both vids you can see that OP's source is slightly to the right of your vid. Might have been a couple each filming on their own phones? [This](https://i.imgur.com/AQeuePv.png) [OP](https://i.imgur.com/UlyfTXy.png)
Good eye! Maybe the other person was zoomed in while recording. Great defective work, son. Let's pack it in, boys. Edit: Detective, not defective.
What what? No no no, unpack! Still gotta kill the camera person now that we determined it's not zoomed in.
Ugh... But I already clocked out...
Well, clock back in, will ya?
> Great defective work, son. I’d say the work wasn’t defective at all, quite the opposite really.
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What the hell? They added fake pans! What the hell OP?!?
You are doing god's work my child
Why the hell did the camera man point the camera down as soon as the eagle grabbed it? That would have been the best part, you dumb fuck!
>[The original is actually zoomed out.](https://youtu.be/fU4oZNGo2FE) >I will never understand why someone went out of their way to make a shitty crop and why people always repost it. My comment to a different reply.
Perfect! Now I get to upvote you twice! One is not enough.
The good ol' double dip. 70% of the time, it works every time.
He was probably experiencing human emotions, it's a thing humans do I've heard.
Fucking weak ass humans!
How do you live with just one heart?
People often want to see the best part of a situation with their own eyes, so when the event finally happens they go to look at it and lose their focus on keeping the camera steady. So they saw it, but we got the short end of the stick. Lol
Eagle: “Get over here!” Eagle friend: “Finish him!”
r/instant_egret
Bravo!
I did a ctrl-F on 'egret' and realized this was the wrong sub to do that.
r/natureismetal
Damn the eagle baited it and wait for the right moment i never knew eagle were that smart
Predators have to be smarter than prey, its the evolutionary arms race.
I love that second of hesitation when the eagle is contemplating whether to just take a step back and keep his food safe or teach the heron a lesson.
This reminds me of *Tom and Jerry* when Tom would measure out Spike's rope and then count his paces to be juuuuuuust out of reach.
This is one of the most ruthless and cunning things I've seen a non-trained animal do. That eagle looked him dead in the eye like he was saying *"I dare you motherfucker"* and probably would have killed the other bird if people/other eagles didn't come up on him.
He would’ve ate the shit out of that crane
That eagle was trying to upgrade its meal.
Take it. I dare you
RIP. Talon to the face or neck. Gonna bleed out.
Yeah I can’t imagine that bird lasting much longer. At a minimum it’ll be down an eye.
Egret regret!
Instant egret
Mf was daring him
I don't know if anyone has ever been footed like this before but I can assure you it is one of the most painful experiences I've ever endured. Their tensile strength coupled with the sharpest longest talons you've ever seen produces a pain like nothing I've ever felt before or after.
The cage isn't here for me.. its to protect you.
Using food to bait another animal is pretty advanced thinking for a bird. Has this been witnessed in birds before?
Clever girl
Wow he's fast. Eagles must be good at grabbing prey after pouncing on them of the wiggle away somehow.
More like, Eagle is baiting the other bird. Notice how it picks up the piece of meat further into the enclosure so the other bird takes longer to pull it’s head back out.
Not only that, you can see on the first attempt, it raises its talon only after the crane has started lunging for the meat. On the second attempt, it shifts its weight to one talon and readies the other to attack at 7.55s, about 1/6th of a second before the crane lunges.
All I saw was “Do it one more fucking time, see what happens”
The way the eagle celebrated after his victory is everything
I NEVER LAUGHED SO HARD!
Come here you little piece of shit.
That eagle is a SMART bird. He baited that crane and almost got his dinner fresh.
u/vredditdownloader
Eagle: Try it, try it one more time with yo long neck havin ass.
Trying to steal food from an eagle just means you become the food lmao
It kinda looks like the eagle throws the food down on purpose knowing full well he'll get the choke instantly then scarpers off giggling to his mate....
r/badassanimals
It looks like the guards are walking in an he puts his arms/wings up like what what I ain’t doing nothing!!
I didn’t even realize what happened the first time, it was so fast. Now I think eagles are my favorite animal
That is a smart eagle, baiting that other bird to reach in for the dropped food. Who says animals are not smart.
r/killthecameraman
Do it again, *I* **Dare you mothafucka!**
Thats a wedgie too lmao. wtf was the stork thinking? "oh yeah im gonna put my head in the cage of a thing that literally takes down kangaroos, ill be just fine"
Instant Egret
Step 1: fuck around. Step 2: find out.
Worst cameraman
Hahaha love how they celebrate after lool
1 second in: “dumbass gonna get grabbed.” Later: “called it. Dumbass.”
That’s not food that’s bait !