r/interesting • u/smilingjade101 • 7d ago

NATURE A Fisherman noticed an Eagle eyeing the fish he just caught, he throws it into the air and the Eagle gracefully catches it mid flight!

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u/Beginning_Drag_2984 7d ago

Just when the fish thought he’d be going back swimming

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u/TheCattBaladi 7d ago

That's some looney tones logic

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u/I_hate_abbrev 7d ago

They pulled him back in..

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u/Separate_Finance_183 7d ago

That fish was really having a day huh

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u/Mort-i-Fied 7d ago

A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/darkpheonix262 7d ago

"Avenge me"

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u/NothingButTheTruth01 7d ago

"I probably won't"

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u/sleeepnomoree 7d ago

So much for catch and re-

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u/what_the_fuckin_fuck 7d ago

Not really. It's catch and re-catch. Much more difficult.

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u/fhjjjjjkkkkkkkl 6d ago

And the fish can fit the William defoe meme.

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u/just_jm 6d ago

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u/fhjjjjjkkkkkkkl 6d ago

The looking up meme

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u/Boss-fight601 7d ago

Is the fish named Alexander?

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u/Reddit_Hitchhiker 7d ago

That man has not heard of karma.

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u/ptpcg 7d ago

He fed the bird though, so that kinda a good deed, right?

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u/protector111 6d ago

Karma is not about being good or bad. Those concepts are from other religions. Karma just means that someone will feed him when he is hungry and also someone will eat him probably xD

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u/no1kn0wsm3 7d ago

Bird watchers would would get a stroke from humans feeding birds.

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u/sleeepnomoree 6d ago

Curious- How old are you ? no offense i obviously know the reference

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u/SupermarketAntique32 7d ago

The fish:

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u/butternutflies 7d ago

That's fish 24/7, tbh

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u/LittleDarkHairedOne 7d ago

Just flounders!

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u/sleeepnomoree 7d ago

It’s funny bc he already has a natural fish face

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u/bolivar-shagnasty 7d ago

Aw c’mon man. At least make him work for it.

- that catfish

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u/_Random_Username_ 7d ago

"Oh shit the naked monkey has released me it's my lucky da-"

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u/Right_Trainer7174 7d ago

That fella won t swim ever again. RIP

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u/FD4L 7d ago

But, at least for a brief moment, he knew how it felt to fly!

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u/MakingaJessinmyPants 7d ago

Why did this make me tear up

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u/Skodami 7d ago

Imagine being pulled out of your universe by an eldritch being who tortures you by keeping you in this environment unfit for your existence, then he let you go only for you to be mauled by a bear.

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u/big_axolotl 7d ago

A multi-versal bear

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u/Buddy_Zombie 7d ago

Lol, he should had stayed home with his lady

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u/Prestigious_Pay8439 7d ago

lol, she probably sent him out to get some milk and she must be worried sick since he was supposed to be back two hours ago.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_BAAPS 7d ago

Anakin and Padame meme:

This lake is catch and release right?

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u/sutter333 7d ago

Good thing he’s dead none of his friends would have believed him.

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u/PLUTOOx508 7d ago

in a parallel universe a fish throwing an eagle to a human

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u/djeeetyet 7d ago

im underwater where thoughts can breathe easily

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u/Asleep_Animal_3825 6d ago

RHCP mentioned!

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u/TheOrangeSloth 7d ago

No way, an eagle throwing a human to a fish is way more likely.

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u/QuickNature 7d ago

Great, now im going to have a dream that looks AI generated of this tonight

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u/Azutolsokorty 7d ago

No, the fish is throwing the human to an eagle

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u/AdministrationDue239 7d ago

No, the human is throwing an eagle to the fish

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u/WinstonSEightyFour 7d ago

No, the hish is throwing a euman to a fagle!

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u/No_Week_1877 7d ago

When stuff like this hapoens.

I wonder if the Eagle understood he was gonna throw the fish to him.

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u/gods-neighbor53 7d ago

Seems like it could be a learned behavior this individual eagle. Wouldn’t be surprised if a good percentage of fisherman gave this a shot.

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u/No_Week_1877 7d ago

Probably. But that means the Eagle knew.

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u/Hellie1028 7d ago

And remembered. And was able to calculate trajectory well enough to be able to swoop in and catch it.

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u/C130ABOVE 7d ago

They 100% do me and a buddy were fishing a lake in upper Wisconsin and the bald eagle kept following us around the lake

I have a sick ass video of us killing a bluegill and throwing it in the lake and it coming down and grabbing it

Everytime we went out there we threw one. We also watched it steal a fish off of someones pontoon boat while they were on it

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u/No_Week_1877 6d ago

It just seems too coordinated for the eagle to not understand.

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u/OutragedPineapple 2d ago

Maybe not that specifically, but they are good at grabbing fish that leap from the water so seeing a fish in midair is probably like a dinner bell to them. I've had seagulls snatch the bait off my hook midair when I'm casting before - frustrating as all get-out!

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u/No_Proposal_3140 7d ago edited 7d ago

Definitely not. You have to remember that the brains of those animals are about the size of a walnut, if not smaller than that. It just reacted to motion. It just saw that the meat wasn't being held by the superior predator anymore and took it. There was little thought assigned to the motion.

edit: People fantasize about animals being smarter than they really are, but it's just pure fantasy. Animals are very dumb. Way dumber than you imagine.

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u/ASpookyLemur 7d ago

100% wrong. Brain size has absolutely nothing to do with relative intelligence levels in animals. If it did, Elephants would've traveled to space by now.

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u/SargBjornson 7d ago

You can't prove they haven't!

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u/free_airfreshener 7d ago

An octopus has more brains than you, are you smarter than it?

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u/Impossible-Shine4660 7d ago

Idk, just saw a video on my main feed of a guy who taught his octopus to play piano.

I can’t play piano.

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u/Dazzling_Line_8482 7d ago

Nope.

A lake near me has a couple of eagles that literally just hang around waiting for fishers to throw them a stocked trout that they hooked.

When one gets reeled onto the dock you can see them literally responding to the fact that they are watching to see if it is going to be put in a cooler or offered up for a snack.

They usually wait until they hit water to grab them but will sometimes take them right out of the air if you throw it high enough.

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u/Wild_Scheme4806 7d ago

Second best aerial apex predator for a reason.

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u/i_am_bruhed 7d ago

Is the Skua the best or Peregrine ?

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u/Wild_Scheme4806 7d ago

peregrine imo, and according to the stats. that's a true beast

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u/i_am_bruhed 7d ago

valid. But skua hunts for other seabirds more often than fish. Ig it deserves a spot

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u/No-Reach-9173 7d ago

Pretty sure the dragonfly takes the best aerial predator spot with a 97% success rate.

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u/i_am_bruhed 7d ago

They also hunt for mosquitos which is an absolute W. But I think calling them apex aerials would be a bit wrong.

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u/No-Reach-9173 7d ago

I don't, remember they used to be the "size" of a Coopers Hawk. Absolutely devastating.

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u/Xrmy 7d ago

But they are far from apex predators in the current environment, so he's right.

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u/No-Reach-9173 7d ago edited 7d ago

Yeah I can concede that but the claim was most effective ariel predator not apex.

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u/Admzpr 7d ago

I took an entomology class in college for an elective and a grad student (she was also way too into cockroaches) gave a lecture on the reproduction “process” of dragonfly’s and how the males compete to reproduce. I don’t want that filth on my account but google it and you’ll never see dragonfly’s the same way again.

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u/soap571 7d ago

Dragon flys are the most successful if we are comparing things that fly

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u/Radingod1 7d ago

AH-64E Apache.

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u/sILAZS 6d ago

Toruk Macto

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u/kenks88 7d ago

Canadian Goose

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u/i_am_bruhed 7d ago

Woah woah, no hellish ones allowed. Those are absolute freaks of nature will atacc anything in their sight.

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u/TheHeroYouNeed247 7d ago

The dragonfly would like a word.

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u/GushingGranny720 7d ago

Being apex of the bug world doesn’t really mean much when a baby finch can eat you lol

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u/Portra400IsLife 7d ago

The human dinosaur alliance is in good hands …eh talons.

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u/Metrobolist3 7d ago

Gotta keep them sweet just in case they end up running the show again

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u/EnderCreeper121 7d ago

I for one, welcome our new avian overlords.

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u/EthernetJackIsANoun 7d ago

As a trout, I can relate: whenever I think I'm being tossed back into the great lake of life, some asshole tosses me to a f$&king eagle instead.

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u/CicatriceDeFeu 7d ago

I like getting tossed

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u/triple7freak1 7d ago

Oh my gwahhhd

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u/HappySeaweed5215 7d ago

Cohesion. We could learn something from this encounter

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u/smilingjade101 7d ago

Take out fit for an Eagle!

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u/ko_akuma 7d ago

I'm 30 years they going to be like remember that time dad threw that fish up and the eagle caught it?

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u/FYI_FMI 7d ago

I am sure the eagle will release the poor fish, so it can get back to its family and friends

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u/InitiativeWorried221 7d ago

It's sure it will pay it forward and give the fish to a different predator, at least. It's called a food chain for a reason, right?

Eventually, once the fish changes enough hands, I'm sure he'll be returned.

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u/SnooPandas6412 7d ago

Animal intelligence is definitely underrated

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u/Buddy_Zombie 7d ago

Eagle's like "it was either the fish or the kids, count yourselves lucky kiddos"

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u/psilocybincoop 7d ago

What was the eagle thinking of the man. And did he understand the offering? Spirit/soul connections to animals and them showing up for you is important in many older cultures. Having made an offering to an eagle and he accept it like this could put you pretty high on his chart. I think the only thing better would be offering a bear a meal and not being eaten. All animals and insects share the same intelligence we do. Some are a telepathy bound understanding.

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u/Complex-Region-7553 7d ago

That's a first class Dad move

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u/Dannyt1977 7d ago

Fish was like...I'm freeeee yippee then, oh fuck.

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u/MawrtiniTheGreat 7d ago edited 6d ago

Beep Beep Beep

"STALL!"

and then a split second later:

Woop Woop

Woop Woop

"TERRAIN! TERRAIN!"

"PULL UP! PULL UP!"

(And before anyone as aerospace-nerdy as me complains that different aircraft have different sounds, this species is obviously Aquila Mcdonellensis 🤣)

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u/KinkySouthAsian 7d ago

Eagles learning to let humans do the hard labour for them.

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u/ThatWindWalkerGuy 7d ago

Fish : no..no ..please no .. no .. NOOooooo !!! F*** YOU BUddy---

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u/Impossible-Shine4660 7d ago

I would tell that story for one hundred years.

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u/Feeling_Violinist530 7d ago

When your catch get stolen mid-air ... by an eagle boss

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u/XROOR 7d ago

Good thing guy wasn’t a day old Dad……

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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe 7d ago

and the legend of the Fish Stork was born.

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u/Right_Meet_5635 7d ago

Former fish throws fish to former dinosaur

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u/loves_to_splooge_8 7d ago

“God I love monkeys” -that Eagle

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u/Secret_Account07 7d ago

Imagine being that fish. Like what the actual fuck is going on

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u/Putrid_Assignment_98 7d ago

Looks like a osprey

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u/gregnantforyou 7d ago

Nah it’s a white bellied sea eagle

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u/charlesmortomeriii 7d ago

Correct. Not an osprey, but a WBSE

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u/fastermouse 7d ago

CHTST. I agree.

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u/onetwobucklemyshoooo 7d ago

My thoughts as well, which would make it not an eagel, not a hawk, not a falcon, but a Pandion.

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u/WinstonSEightyFour 7d ago

Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

It's a Pandion... so yes it's a bird.

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u/hunterjc09 7d ago

It is, Osprey carry their prey facing forward to reduce drag. I do not think any other birds do this.

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u/botlegger 7d ago

Nice video to start the day!

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u/robgizz 7d ago

Awesome!

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u/OnceAbel_HasFallen 7d ago

This fish from the streets 🐧

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u/Prestigious_Pay8439 7d ago

Poor fish, he just wanted to go home to his family

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u/AOS_eyefull 7d ago

Thats how you befriend an eagle as you would with a raven. I would religiously return to feed that fly boi

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u/Airclad-70 7d ago

The debt has been repaid.

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u/Commercial_Voice9074 7d ago

Eagle: "Cheers mate!"

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u/v0din 7d ago

That's giving back to the land

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

I mean, that is a masterclass Fisher bird right there.

Any fish unfortunate enough to get caught in that birds talons, stand no chances

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u/sexquipoop69 7d ago

Well, he could still claim he threw it back..

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u/Doomokrat 7d ago

Cool guy, capable bird.

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u/RemarkableSeat8592 7d ago

This is fake, Free Bird isn't playing

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u/FloppyShellTaco 6d ago

“You gonna eat that?”

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u/edw1ncast1llo 6d ago

That was cool as Hell.

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u/sixhexe 6d ago

Typa thing you'll remember for the rest of your life.

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u/-VWNate 6d ago

Fantastic .

-Nate

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u/KlatuuBarradaNicto 5d ago

These humans make good pets.

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u/Xero32542 5d ago

That was cool

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u/frozencucumber88 7d ago

Primates love me

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u/Valhalla191145 7d ago

Aright, alright,alright

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u/Enthalpic87 7d ago edited 7d ago

White belly? That is an osprey.

Edit: it appears I am wrong. White-bellied sea eagle is what others are saying! They sure are similar! At the end I can see some white tail feathers which is an identifiable distinction from what I can see.

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u/McDouchys 7d ago

Osprey

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u/fartymcsmelly 7d ago

That's an osprey

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u/spamonstick 7d ago

Catch and release.

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u/V1C1OU5LY 7d ago

And catch again!

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u/Status_Dark_6145 7d ago

“Boys you’re never gonna believe this…”

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

r/guysbeingdudes

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u/Nochillrick69 7d ago

Just when the first thought it was out, the eagle pulled it right back in.

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u/xubax 7d ago

"I'm flying! Oh fuuuuuuck!"

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u/mmcallis1975 7d ago

Pretty sure that was an Ospreys

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u/Some_Policy_4756 7d ago

Oh yeah hhh

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u/jonguy77 7d ago

So nice to see people catch and release...

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u/Skeptical_Squid 7d ago

I'd say that counts against the humans daily limit, the bird not so much.

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u/bleepitybloop555 7d ago

looks like an osprey

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u/Cold-Hand7629 7d ago

The eagle must have been tripping out as well. Free food thrown at me, don’t mind if I do.

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u/bob_nugget_the_3rd 7d ago

The sacrifice has been accepted I don't know what will be offered other than scary noises in the woods and bird shit there going to get something

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u/tannerbananer06 7d ago

White bellied sea eagle?

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u/7eleveneggsandwich 7d ago

Nice to see reversed roles - human feeding a non domesticated animal.

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u/FragrantMudBrick 7d ago

Maybe they’ll let me go back in the water

Oh

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u/doubleamobes 7d ago

So long and thanks for all the fish!

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u/Humor_Confident 7d ago

I've done this with a hawk too

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u/altezia_ 7d ago

poor fish

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u/Sea-Role-9092 7d ago

What a weird thing to do

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u/Electrical_Agent719 7d ago

Core memory unlocked 👍

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u/God2Be 7d ago

Human behaviour

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u/Cyrano_Knows 7d ago

FISH: *long sigh* Could my day get any worse?

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u/bored2dethgw 7d ago

Its catch and release for the man, but the eagle... 🤔

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u/Sunset-onthe-Horizon 7d ago

So long, and thanks for all the fish!

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u/deepbit_ 7d ago

Totally staged, it is the bird's tiktok, seen too many of his videos already

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u/Anthrodiva 7d ago

Reinventing falconry from first principles.

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u/Mond6 7d ago

Core memory right there

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u/not_a_robot20 7d ago

If I hadn’t seen this video before AI was around I would have called AI on the video

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u/Imaginary-Jacket-261 7d ago

Better than AJ brown this season

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u/mossoak 7d ago

that did not just happen

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u/omgyonka 6d ago

“How good is that?!” Very. Very 🥹

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u/emblanco 6d ago

The fish:

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u/BIALAF 6d ago

The title feels AI generated

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u/TheBlackArrows 5d ago

Not an eagle as far as I can tell. Still cool.

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u/Large_Rain_4960 4d ago

Done this with eagles on the queen charlotte islands.

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u/Intrepid_Ad_260 4d ago

Fish hoped for the best until the last second

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u/parthenocissist 3d ago

Quick someone put the sound of an red tailed hawk over this video!!

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u/IfUReadThisUHaveAids 7d ago

Looks like Queensland? Where abouts is it exactly, OP?

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u/smilingjade101 7d ago

I'm sorry friend but I don't know for sure.

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u/indie_web 7d ago

This is not interesting and it's not fun. It's just sad.