Video of Eagle Flying Away With A Drone Goes Viral

One would have thought that air is one place where birds can have unrestricted flying space but given how many drones are out there now, it is not surprising that once in a while birds bump into them and one would assume that doesn¡¯t make them really happy. And one eagle made sure to convey that.
A video of an eagle taking off with a drone is going viral on social media and has left netizens amused.

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The undated video shows the drone filming a beach and heading toward the shore until the eagle plucks it and flies away with it.
The clip, which was originally shared on Facebook, later went viral on several social media platforms.'Eagle plucks a drone out of the sky and flies off with it¡¯, wrote a user @buitengebieden while posting the clip on Twitter.

The video sparked hilarious reactions online. One user wrote, ¡®Reminds me of the scene in the movie, ¡°The eagles are coming, the eagles are coming¡¯ while another joked, ¡®The eagle's chicks are going to be very confused by the food mom brought home¡¯. A third one said, ¡®Literally a Birds eye view¡­¡¯

Eagle plucks a drone out of the sky and flies off with it.. pic.twitter.com/7vpV97EV6d

¡ª Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) February 2, 2021

Last year when environmental quality analyst and drone pilot Hunter King was mapping shoreline erosion near Escanaba in Michigan's Upper Peninsula with a Phantom 4 Pro Advanced quadcopter from 162 feet in the air, the drone was attacked by an eagle, that sent the drone plummeting into Lake Michigan.

The drone, worth $995 (Approx Rs 70,000) was making its return journey at a speed of 22 miles per hour, when it was attacked by the eagle and sent into a downward spiral.

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The drone and eagle rivalry could be the new form of the man-animal conflict.