Wedge-Tailed Eagle takes down Drone in Australia

**Eagle was fine – she was massive, and used talon’s to ‘punch’ the drone out of the sky. Hung around overhead so i got a really good look. Eagle’s health was my main concern also**

This is the last thing a small bird sees when a Wedge-Tailed Eagle decides that you are dinner…

Do not fly drones near birds of prey, they clearly attack seeing you as a threat or the right sized dinner. This will cost you money and potentially harm to the bird. This one was fine.. the drone needed some attention before it could fly again.

If you see a bird of prey while flying. Land. I have added this to my operating procedure.

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Bag of Randomness for Thursday, August 13, 2015

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Famed Mexican great white shark Deep Blue resurfaces in new video 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h8KLLJUywM

A clip posted online by marine biologist Mauricio Hoyos Padilla in June showed the beast “high-fiving” a diver near Guadalupe Island, near Mexico’s Baja Peninsula, in 2013. The new video uploaded by Mr Padilla shows the shark – believed to be pregnant – gracefully gliding by divers in the same waters. Estimated at around 20 feet (more than 6 metres) in length, experts say she could be one of the biggest ever caught on film. On his website promoting white shark conservation, Mr Padilla estimates the famed fish is at least 50 years old.

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