Comments on: Keep Watching the Skies!

Keep Watching the Skies!

LarryC — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:26:19 -0800

By: splice

splice — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:28:30 -0800

Oh, you Americans and your superiority complex.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:31:53 -0800

You leave my massive American penis out of this!

By: zennoshinjou

zennoshinjou — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:33:12 -0800

this is great. In high school I found this old Disney movie about the desert and there was footage of an eagle fighting a snake and a mouse riding on a tortoise's back. good stuff.

By: GooseOnTheLoose

GooseOnTheLoose — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:35:06 -0800

*runs and hides*

By: yhbc

yhbc — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:45:05 -0800

They're fucking FLYING DINOSAURS. The last survivors of the ancient saurian enemy-race of all mammallian-kind. Noble creatures, my pasty pale mammalian rump.

By: LordSludge

LordSludge — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:48:51 -0800

Clearly, the threat is real. But what can I do to defend myself and my loved ones against eagle attacks? Also, terrorists.

By: DU

DU — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:54:54 -0800

Nuke them from the ground. It's the only way to be sure.

By: christopherious

christopherious — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:01:30 -0800

Americans who don't live among eagles and haven't read Lewis's journals can find enlightenment in Arthur Cleveland Bent's 1937 classic, Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey. "A fine-looking bird," Bent writes of the bald eagle, but "hardly worthy of the distinction [of being the national emblem]. Its carrion-feeding habit, its timid and cowardly behavior, and its predatory attacks on the smaller and weaker osprey hardly inspire respect." Bent's baldies-behaving-badly exposé also reveals that our nation's icon relishes vulture vomit. It's not that they find the vomit lying around; rather, they seek out vultures and force them to vomit. Then they eat the regurgitate. "Our national bird may still be admired," Bent suggests, "by those who are not familiar with its habits. "Beauty Is Only Feather Deep", American Scientist, Sept.-Oct. 2006, Vol. 94, No. 5, p. 392

By: rtha

rtha — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:04:50 -0800

Don't forget the Harris' Hawk that kinda picked up a small dog in Bryant Park! (scroll down)

By: rtha

rtha — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:08:00 -0800

Oh, and for those of you picking on the bald eagle, it's only in two of the links in the post! You have much more to fear from golden eagles.

By: caddis

caddis — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:11:12 -0800

A better video of the goat can be found in this thread.

By: BobFrapples

BobFrapples — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:11:40 -0800

...they seek out vultures and force them to vomit. WTF?? Do they gross them out, or pour some eagle ipecac down their gullet?

By: HuronBob

HuronBob — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:18:11 -0800

yeah, sure, but what about pirates vs. ninjas where's THAT clip???

By: mosk

mosk — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:21:13 -0800

If I hear "Desperado" one more time I might kill something, too.

By: cashman

cashman — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:21:56 -0800

Awesome! And while we're on the subject, anybody know the answer to this AskMe?

By: joelf

joelf — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:23:51 -0800

You forgot eagle vs. shark

By: any major dude

any major dude — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:24:49 -0800

its predatory attacks on the smaller and weaker... Our forefathers knew what we'd become all too well...

By: dirigibleman

dirigibleman — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:30:50 -0800

Eagles vs. Saints

By: DU

DU — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:33:21 -0800

Whoa, the Conchords guy is getting a movie? And it looks good! I see his manager is in there, but not his roommate. No hard feelings there, I hope.

By: DU

DU — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:35:55 -0800

Got. Got a movie. At least a year ago. So out of the loop, I am.

By: tommasz

tommasz — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:36:00 -0800

Where's Dirk Gently when you need him?

By: spicynuts

spicynuts — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:37:12 -0800

Pfff..who cares! Eagle vs. fucking CHUCK NORRIS. Show me that.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:44:34 -0800

DU: it's been out for a while. The consensus was that it was no Napoleon Dynamite, but that might have been a good thing. I liked it, but I'd only give it two and a half stars. On preview, I see you realize all that now, but I spent the time and effort to write a mini-review, so that's what you're gonna get.

By: swift

swift — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:45:48 -0800

Alien vs. Eagle

By: caddis

caddis — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:56:24 -0800

The eagle was devouring the carcass of a blue hare when a fox sprang from the surrounding heather and seized the great bird by the wing. A well-contested struggle ensued in which the eagle made a desperate attempt to defend itself with its claws and succeeded in extricating itself from its enemy's grasp, but before it had time to escape Reynard seized it by the breast and seemed more determined than ever. The eagle made another attempt to overpower its antagonist by striking with its wings, but that would not compel the aggressor to quit its hold. At last the eagle succeeded in raising the fox from the ground, and for a few minutes Reynard was suspended by his own jaws between heaven and earth. Although now placed in an unfavorable position for fighting his courage did not forsake him, as he firmly kept his hold and seemed to make several attempts to bring the eagle down, but he soon found the strong wings of the eagle were capable of raising him, and that there was no way of escape unless the bird should alight somewhere. The eagle made a straight ascent and rose to a considerable height in the air. After struggling for a time Reynard was obliged to quit his grasp, and descended much quicker than he had gone up. He was dashed to the earth, where he lay struggling in the agonies of death. The eagle made his escape, but appeared weak from exhaustion and loss of blood.

By: mullingitover

mullingitover — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:00:01 -0800

Mongolian Eagles vs. Dogs.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:04:43 -0800

This just reaffirms my already ironclad conviction that eagles are awesome. Esp. eagle v deer.

By: inigo2

inigo2 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:15:53 -0800

DU: it's been out for a while. The consensus was that it was no Napoleon Dynamite, but that might have been a good thing. I liked it, but I'd only give it two and a half stars. Definitely no Napoleon, but I don't think it was trying to be. It was a good movie, I thought, in way different ways in which Napoleon was a good movie.

By: Belle O'Cosity

Belle O'Cosity — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:52:15 -0800

Oh man was that clip of the eagle with the deer/goat creepy. That music! I was really expecting some crazy ass ending, like it drops the deer and it explodes in a bloody mess. Gah! I've always known eagles are no good.

By: quin

quin — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:01:28 -0800

Eagle vs Fox: Frame 1: Dude, howdja get so big all of a sudden like that? Frame 2: Hey, I was here first, get your own damn carcass! Frame 3: Ouch. Frame 4: Dude! Ow! let go! Seriously! Frame 5: Ok, fuck this. I'm outta here, but get this, when you are sleeping tonight, I'm totally going to eat you. I don't care how high in a tree you are. PS, I'm killing that little fucking pied black bird too.

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:14:20 -0800

Do they gross them out, or pour some eagle ipecac down their gullet? if you get too close to a turkey vulture, it will vomit at you to drive you away, and from what i've heard the smell and nastiness of vulture vomit is enough to drive anyone away - except, of course, a very hungry eagle

By: farishta

farishta — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:33:02 -0800

Americans who don't live among eagles and haven't read Lewis's journals can find enlightenment in Arthur Cleveland Bent's 1937 classic, Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey. "A fine-looking bird," Bent writes of the bald eagle, but "hardly worthy of the distinction [of being the national emblem]. Its carrion-feeding habit, its timid and cowardly behavior, and its predatory attacks on the smaller and weaker osprey hardly inspire respect." Bent's baldies-behaving-badly exposé also reveals that our nation's icon relishes vulture vomit. It's not that they find the vomit lying around; rather, they seek out vultures and force them to vomit. Then they eat the regurgitate. "Our national bird may still be admired," Bent suggests, "by those who are not familiar with its habits. I think it's only too appropriate that our national emblem eats carrion, attacks smaller and weaker birds, and induces vomiting in scavengers so that it can eat the regurgitate. Even better, that it seems noble at first glance, until you actually observe its behavior. Perfect fit.

By: neuron

neuron — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:55:19 -0800

"If I am with an eagle I always pretend that I am not with an eagle..." -- James Thurber

By: neuron

neuron — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:24:27 -0800

Me: I need a book of stamps. Postal clerk: Is eagles okay? Me: Do you have Doobie Brothers?

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:50:16 -0800

hardly worthy of the distinction.... its predatory attacks on the smaller and weaker Wait, sorry... what?