A 13-year-old eagle huntress in Mongolia

Jimbuna · 04-15-14, 05:00 AM

I found this amazing

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Most children, Asher Svidensky says, are a little intimidated by golden eagles. Kazakh boys in western Mongolia start learning how to use the huge birds to hunt for foxes and hares at the age of 13, when the eagles sit heavily on their undeveloped arms. Svidensky, a photographer and travel writer, shot five boys learning the skill - and he also photographed Ashol-Pan.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26969150

TarJak · 04-15-14, 05:09 AM

Wow. I'd have love to have an eagle when I was 13.

Rhodes · 04-15-14, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

Wow. I'd have love to have an eagle when I was 13.

Me too! Wonderful pictures in the report!

Cybermat47 · 04-15-14, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

Wow. I'd have love to have an eagle when I was 13.

I'd like an Owl. Or maybe an Eagle Owl. No wait, I want a Falcon. Falcons are badass. They're better than sex.

TarJak · 04-15-14, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Cybermat47

I'd like an Owl. Or maybe an Eagle Owl. No wait, I want a Falcon. Falcons are badass. They're better than sex.

I'm not going to ask how you know that.

Jimbuna · 04-15-14, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Cybermat47

I'd like an Owl. Or maybe an Eagle Owl. No wait, I want a Falcon. Falcons are badass. They're better than sex.

Now how would you know

banryu79 · 04-15-14, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Cybermat47

Falcons are badass. They're better than sex.

BE MORE AGGRESSIVE

Aktungbby · 04-15-14, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Cybermat47

Falcons are badass. They're better than sex.

Used to feed the cripples: red tailed hawks, one golden eagle, some owls and even one Peregrine fresh Minnesota road kill (there was no commercial hawk food): chipmunks, mice and squirrel road kill in the science department at college. Tis' an awesome thing to have one look at you, decide it's hungry, and glide over on the wing from his roost to your hockey gloved hand. Cybermate is absolutely right! ...but then...I kept forgetting to take off the gauntlet!

flostt · 04-15-14, 12:24 PM

Interesting to read, and nice pic's....Thx for sharing

Sailor Steve · 04-15-14, 06:00 PM

That bird's almost as big as she is!

Cool stuff!

swamprat69er · 04-15-14, 07:03 PM

Awesome! And a lot more humane than the way royalty does it.

em2nought · 04-15-14, 08:15 PM

Thanks for sharing!

Oberon · 04-15-14, 09:05 PM

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...but then...I kept forgetting to take off the gauntlet!

That's another thing falcons and sex have in common, if you don't protect yourself....

Jimbuna · 04-16-14, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

That bird's almost as big as she is!

Cool stuff!

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Originally Posted by swamprat69er

Awesome! And a lot more humane than the way royalty does it.

They obviously have a trusting relationship/understanding only personal experience will understand

AVGWarhawk · 04-16-14, 09:02 AM

I was satisfied with a parrot at the age of 13. He did chase the cat around. Does that count?

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swamprat69er Aceydeucy Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 1,889 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Awesome! And a lot more humane than the way royalty does it. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which does not kill us, makes us stronger. We the willing, led by the unsure, have done so much with so little, for so long, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I was satisfied with a parrot at the age of 13. He did chase the cat around. Does that count? __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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