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Platapus · 02-22-08, 08:47 PM

When we were sight-seeing in Alaska, one of our guides said that it is common for Bald Eagles to drown trying to pick up a fish too heavy. Pretty much the fish needs to be under 6 pounds. I guess Baldies don't have a lot of lift

Letum · 02-22-08, 08:59 PM

I have seen birds do this with small fish just out of laziness when they are near the
shore.
Young birds do it a lot as well if they misjudge the catch as it is very difficult to
takeoff if you landed in water without webbed feet.

CCIP · 02-22-08, 09:07 PM

Wow, got the fish too eh

He's a pretty good swimmer, I'm surprised to say. I think my next sub emblem should be a swimming eagle

Letum · 02-22-08, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCIP

I think my next sub emblem should be a swimming eagle

This was fun to make.

not really a sub emblem tho, feel free to edit, use or ignore it.

sunvalleyslim · 02-22-08, 09:47 PM

You can do anything or eat anything, if you're hungry enough...........

02-22-08, 08:47 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,375 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	When we were sight-seeing in Alaska, one of our guides said that it is common for Bald Eagles to drown trying to pick up a fish too heavy. Pretty much the fish needs to be under 6 pounds. I guess Baldies don't have a lot of lift __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-22-08, 08:59 PM	#2
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I have seen birds do this with small fish just out of laziness when they are near the shore. Young birds do it a lot as well if they misjudge the catch as it is very difficult to takeoff if you landed in water without webbed feet. __________________

02-22-08, 09:07 PM	#3
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Wow, got the fish too eh He's a pretty good swimmer, I'm surprised to say. I think my next sub emblem should be a swimming eagle __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

02-22-08, 09:47 PM	#5
sunvalleyslim Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, Ca Posts: 1,142 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	You can do anything or eat anything, if you're hungry enough........... __________________ Crew member/ decommission member TM2(SS)(SD) 3/68-7/70 DIESEL BOATS FOREVER USS SEGUNDO (SS398)