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Golden Eagle attempts to take child

To: Eve Belisle <>, Carl Clifford <>
Subject: Golden Eagle attempts to take child
From: Denise Goodfellow <>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:37:36 +0930
It is possible that this isn't a hoax.

There is evidence from the 2 million year old fossil of a small South
African child (Australopithecus africanus) that it was killed by a large
bird of prey about the same size as our Wedge-tailed eagle (Berger, L.R.
and  Mcgraw, W.S.{2007}. Further evidence for eagle predation of, and
feeding damage on, the Taung child. South African Journal of Science,
vol.103, n.11-12:496-498).

I wouldn't at all be surprised at an eagle having a go at a child. After all
what's the difference between a toddler and a well-grown lamb?  Being human
doesn't preclude one being prey.

Too well do I remember that baby Azaria Chamberlain being snatched by a
dingo was considered a hoax as well.  All the time my semi-traditional
Aboriginal relatives were telling me that they knew that dingoes would take
infants, evidence that I handed on to then criminologist, Dr. Paul Wilson,
who was researching the issue.


Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow
1/7 Songlark Street,
Bakewell, NT 0832
043 8650 835

PhD candidate, SCU
Vice-chair, Wildlife Tourism Australia
Nominated for the Condé Nast international ecotourism award, 2004 by the
renowned American website, Earthfoot.
Wildlife Adviser, BBC¹s ?Deadly 60¹




On 19/12/12 11:04 PM, "Eve Belisle" <> wrote:

> Hi,
Several aspects are wrong with this video, the first one being that the
> ground has been covered in snow for at least a week here in Montreal. The
> second thing is that this eagle is not a golden, the white patches on the
> wings does not correspond to any stage of a young golden eagle plumage. It has
> been suggested that it could be a Steppe Eagle or an hybrid, common in
> falconry. The child is probably a doll, I think it's a well staged hoax!

Eve
> Bélisle
Montréal, Canada

Sent from my iPhone

On 2012-12-19, at 06:48, Carl
> Clifford <> wrote:

> It is certainly a bit of a
> curates egg as far as videos go, which is why I qualified with "seems
> genuine". There are parts which look kosher and parts with an aura of shonk. I
> guess the only way to know is for someone to do a proper forensic rip down on
> the original of the clip. It is the sort of clip which brings many "experts"
> out of the woodwork.
> 
> Carl Clifford
> 
> On 19/12/2012, at 22:00, Wendy
> Cayless <> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Seems it is a fake
>>
> http://wtvr.com/2012/12/19/viral-fake-out-golden-eagle-snatches-kid-is-cgi/
>>
> 
>> Wendy
>> http://twitter.com/WendyJoy
>> http://wjcsydney.wordpress.com
>>
> http://kiva.org/invitedby/wendy2641
>> 
>> 
>> From: Carl Clifford
> <>
>> To: Birding-Aus Aus <>
> 
>> Sent: Wednesday, 19 December 2012 6:43 PM
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Golden
> Eagle attempts to take child
>> 
>> Dear B-A,
>> 
>> Interesting footage of a
> Golden Eagle attempting to take a toddler in a park in Montreal, Quebec. It
> seems to be genuine.
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE0Q904gtMI
>> 
>>
> Cheers,
>> 
>> Carl Clifford
>> =
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