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LOL ... Eagles Take Down Drones

by sbucciarel Banned
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Dutch police have trained eagles to take down drones



but it appears they don't need much training to take down drones. Here's on in Australia that seems happy to oblige.


  • Profile picture of the author Frank Donovan
    Magnificent birds.
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    • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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      Originally Posted by Frank Donovan View Post

      Magnificent birds.
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      That they are. We are fortunate to have one or two eagle's nests by the river just below our property and see them every so often, along with a falcon I saw last year. It was sitting on the corpse of a chicken of mine that it killed (the falcon). The eagles got a few also. Never held a grudge. lol. The birds are too magnificent to be mad at and the chickens were an easy meal.
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      • Profile picture of the author Frank Donovan
        Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

        That they are. We are fortunate to have one or two eagle's nests by the river just below our property and see them every so often, along with a falcon I saw last year. It was sitting on the corpse of a chicken of mine that it killed (the falcon). The eagles got a few also. Never held a grudge. lol. The birds are too magnificent to be mad at and the chickens were an easy meal.
        Cool story. On a more prosaic level, the football (soccer) team I've supported since a boy are nicknamed The Eagles, and a few years ago a local sanctuary took in a rescue bald eagle from Canada, called Kayla, which the team adopted as their official mascot. Now she gets let off to fly and swoop over the crowd before each match. It's often more thrilling than the game.

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        • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
          I thought this was another NFL Thread.
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        • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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          Originally Posted by Frank Donovan View Post

          Cool story. On a more prosaic level, the football (soccer) team I've supported since a boy are nicknamed The Eagles, and a few years ago a local sanctuary took in a rescue bald eagle from Canada, called Kayla, which the team adopted as their official mascot. Now she gets let off to fly and swoop over the crowd before each match. It's often more thrilling than the game.

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          Cool video. Glad they were able to rescue Kayla. Lucky team that has her as a mascot. I got to see one in our front yard after it killed a chicken. I walked out my door and saw it from the back take off from the body and the wingspan was incredible. It came back to the same spot the next day to see if the "meal" was still there.
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          • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
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          • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
            I find it amazing how they can train them to come back.

            I just had to look up carrier pigeons. I remember seeing a huge coop of these in Greenwich right near the train station. Now it makes sense.

            You have to establish a home for them, then if someone transports one out it will just return "home."

            I have to wonder if people were taking these down to the city on the train and then sending messages back to Connecticut.

            Not at all like the movies where it looks like you have your own single bird and just send it out on missions, lol.

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            Google Maps says the road distance from Bradford to Manchester is 38.4 miles. The fastest racing pigeons go 58.7 miles per hour over short distances (less than 100 miles). So it would take a racing pigeon about 39 minutes if it was following the roads.
            You have to anticipate that you are going to need a really private message sent somewhere from a specific place.
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            • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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              Originally Posted by Jill Carpenter View Post

              I find it amazing how they can train them to come back.
              I do too, but the eagles down by the river nest there always. And every year, hundreds of hummingbirds return to our place to feed and nest because we plant plants they like and put out dozens of nectar feeders. They know from years of experience that they won't get any better environment anywhere else, so they return and their babies return, and they have for 30 years.
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        • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
          Originally Posted by Frank Donovan View Post

          It's often more thrilling than the game. .
          I can assure you, Frank, at least from an American perspective, it's always more thrilling than the game.
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          Raising a child is akin to knowing you're getting fired in 18 years and having to train your replacement without actively sabotaging them.

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          • Profile picture of the author Frank Donovan
            Originally Posted by Dan Riffle View Post

            I can assure you, Frank, at least from an American perspective, it's always more thrilling than the game.
            Yeah, I thought about adding an emoticon to that line, but we don't have one for stoical.

            The relatively recent influx of big money into the game has attracted a new breed of followers and glitzy hangers-on, but for the traditional, long-term fans, football has always been mostly a matter of blind tribalism, rather than a choice. Any actual enjoyment derived has tended to be spasmodic, short-lived, and always incidental to the sport's original purpose.
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            • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
              Originally Posted by Frank Donovan View Post

              Any actual enjoyment derived has tended to be spasmodic, short-lived, and always incidental to the sport's original purpose.
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              Funny. That's precisely how Claude's wife refers to sex.
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              Raising a child is akin to knowing you're getting fired in 18 years and having to train your replacement without actively sabotaging them.

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