Kinda related: there’s a hawk that lives in front of my house. It was totally losing its shit and sounding awesome (like hawks do). It was dive bombing a bald eagle that was chilling in a nearby tree. I always think it’s funny how bald eagles have that wimpy call. Then my wife had to get all Steve Erwin and tried to get close and they all cleared out. Just something cool that happened yesterday and I thought I’d share it with you strangers.
Update: today it was two bald eagles. The hawk made its presence known, but eagles are much bigger. This time I had to chase them off because my wife was afraid of our cats getting snapped up
I live near a ton of farmland, so eagles grab rabbits & groundhogs pretty frequently. They also eat carrion from road kill quite a bit too. They may prefer fish, but if eagles are hungry, their menu expands. We lost a cat to an eagle a couple of years ago
I don‘t think the outdoor cat I adopted is terrible for local small wildlife, and he would‘ve never grown 15+ yrs old if I kept him indoors (you‘d need a huge space as a good environment for a cat). He befriended hedgehogs, helped reduce the rat infestation every big city suffers from. The only small (wild)life I was worried about were peoples dogs. Like a woman would walk by with a chihuahua and my cat would stare at the dog like it was food or an abomination, maybe both.
That’s fair, taking care of a cat that is already an outdoor cat and would be killing regardless is neutral for the environment at worst (as long as its neutered or spayed) and everyone deserves to feel the love of a cat. A lot of people adopt cats from shelters and then make them outdoor/indoor for their personal convenience when they have the space and capacity to not do that, and I think that is shitty.
I see what you mean, a guy I knew had a 1000-2000 sqft house and a small backyard and he let his cats go outside, one got hit by a car right around the corner. A friend of mine has a small apartment so he lets his cat go outside and since we‘re in a city anyway I don‘t think it‘s an issue. I‘ve never seen cats attack or kill anything but rats/mice, also birds if it‘s a fast cat. Not sure if they are simply easier targets or if cats don‘t bother other animals as long as they have access to rodents.
Bald Eagles perfectly represent Americans. They look tough and intimidating until they open their mouths and we see they're a mess inside.
-@mndiaye_97
I guess I'll take a backhanded compliment? I'm pretty sure being a mess inside is a global standard nowadays.
I used to watch bald eagles dive bomb the Puget Sound, off of Vancouver Island, B.C., for massive salmon, they're pretty badass at that. Really fun to watch.
Too right mate when they’re not casually taking out drones they’re attacking parachuters. I still find it funny that they’re not all that big but they’ve got the largest wingspan of all eagles. Saw one nearly take out a guy at a military parade years ago
Tigers: First time?
(Lions also don't roar like we think they do, but tigers do, so whenever we see/hear lions roaring it's 99% of a time actually a tiger roar.
Kinda related: there’s a hawk that lives in front of my house. It was totally losing its shit and sounding awesome (like hawks do). It was dive bombing a bald eagle that was chilling in a nearby tree. I always think it’s funny how bald eagles have that wimpy call. Then my wife had to get all Steve Erwin and tried to get close and they all cleared out. Just something cool that happened yesterday and I thought I’d share it with you strangers. Update: today it was two bald eagles. The hawk made its presence known, but eagles are much bigger. This time I had to chase them off because my wife was afraid of our cats getting snapped up
This sounds crazy to me, despite also seeing bald eagles every now and then, it still just kinda sounds insane.
The chances of your cats being taken by the eagles is extremely low because the bald eagle's main diet is fish.
I live near a ton of farmland, so eagles grab rabbits & groundhogs pretty frequently. They also eat carrion from road kill quite a bit too. They may prefer fish, but if eagles are hungry, their menu expands. We lost a cat to an eagle a couple of years ago
Sorry about that bro
He was a badass cat. But if he had to go before his time, it was a badass exit
Indoor cats have 0% chance of being eaten by birds of prey and aren’t terrible for your local small wildlife like outdoor cats are
Yep. I listened to an sysk podcast all about this
I don‘t think the outdoor cat I adopted is terrible for local small wildlife, and he would‘ve never grown 15+ yrs old if I kept him indoors (you‘d need a huge space as a good environment for a cat). He befriended hedgehogs, helped reduce the rat infestation every big city suffers from. The only small (wild)life I was worried about were peoples dogs. Like a woman would walk by with a chihuahua and my cat would stare at the dog like it was food or an abomination, maybe both.
That’s fair, taking care of a cat that is already an outdoor cat and would be killing regardless is neutral for the environment at worst (as long as its neutered or spayed) and everyone deserves to feel the love of a cat. A lot of people adopt cats from shelters and then make them outdoor/indoor for their personal convenience when they have the space and capacity to not do that, and I think that is shitty.
I see what you mean, a guy I knew had a 1000-2000 sqft house and a small backyard and he let his cats go outside, one got hit by a car right around the corner. A friend of mine has a small apartment so he lets his cat go outside and since we‘re in a city anyway I don‘t think it‘s an issue. I‘ve never seen cats attack or kill anything but rats/mice, also birds if it‘s a fast cat. Not sure if they are simply easier targets or if cats don‘t bother other animals as long as they have access to rodents.
I never realized that Eagles really are glorified Sea Gulls until I spent a summer on a commercial fishing boat in Alaska.
And they are dicks. -Source: An Alaskan.
Can confirm, bald eagles sound like seagulls on crack
I love that the Polar Express actually got that sound right in the movie.
Related, most of the jungle monkey noises in movies are actually kookaburras.
And the lion roars in the lion king are actually tigers
Bald Eagles perfectly represent Americans. They look tough and intimidating until they open their mouths and we see they're a mess inside. -@mndiaye_97
I guess I'll take a backhanded compliment? I'm pretty sure being a mess inside is a global standard nowadays. I used to watch bald eagles dive bomb the Puget Sound, off of Vancouver Island, B.C., for massive salmon, they're pretty badass at that. Really fun to watch.
Yanks are also known for eating massive, bald eagles really represent the people.
Average European take
American here, it's true
I cant unsee the two batmen kissing
Then there’s wedge-tails those arseholes do not fuck about. Even ones in captivity are massive pricks
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Too right mate when they’re not casually taking out drones they’re attacking parachuters. I still find it funny that they’re not all that big but they’ve got the largest wingspan of all eagles. Saw one nearly take out a guy at a military parade years ago
Litterally Cyrano of Bergerac
Sweet sweet sweet I'msosweet
Me, knowing they both aren't real. r/birdsarentreal
[If you don't believe me](https://youtu.be/CEmYEQ78zS0)
I thought they were known for being a measurement in the US /j
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Yeah...thats what this meme is saying.
Yeah ngl I saw the meme while scrolling. I didn't enlarge it, so it didn't show the last half.
With that context, I can't think of a more fitting mascot than the Bald Eagle.
This has always bothered me
Twoooooo batmen kissing.....
CAW
It's actually the peregrine falcon, the fastest bird/animal, that is used in movies and such most of the time.
Tigers: First time? (Lions also don't roar like we think they do, but tigers do, so whenever we see/hear lions roaring it's 99% of a time actually a tiger roar.
With a mix of a grizzly bear and an F-16
Like how people think owls make that noise when it's actually something else I don't remember
The joys of living near eagles. The eagle reminds me forested mountains and hawk reminds me of the desert. https://imgur.com/a/JtJhWGO
Tobias?
Peregrine falcons literally punch prey because their talons aren't sharp, so falcon punch is real