This is something of a counter argument to Kelline Pickett's post... The biggest advantage for longevity of a species (at least for about the last 5,000 years) is being useful to People. This has never been more true then it has since about the early 1800's and world wide industrial revolutions that proliferated that era. Considering deaths from exposure to toxins, power lines, aircraft strikes, poaching, and even decreases in wild breeding do to loss of habitat and nest disturbing. This is a darn good fit. Birds like this, with this kind of training can help to keep pests off of farms, birds off of airstrips and the like. Because they are useful to us, their survival is assured. And, no doubt, we are altering them. They are learning to be group animals. Their descendants will inherit a genetic memory of working together. Because, the more cooperative birds will be the ones that are breed for such desirable traits. And, so where this species might go extinct in the face of human expansion. In a future where we are perhaps kinder to the world we inhabit, their descendants may be introduced back into the wild. And, because of their time with humans be far more likely to succeed.

@rinrin0rikuriku

10 жыл бұрын

Agreed. By the way she is speaking, we should neither own dogs, cats, or any sort of animal. In fact, we should probably stop eating meat and vegetables because all of these things that we take for granted are often the production of years and years of modification, both behavioral and genetic.

@longshipventures

9 жыл бұрын

I guarantee these birds are better looked after and lead a much more fulfilling life than Kelline's shitty little dog or cat that never gets let out of the house and gets to do nothing of use to anyone. You notice the birds don't just fuck off when their handler runs up to help it? They're a team, and the birds choose to stay with the handler. Given half a chance, your braindead shih-tzu would run out in traffic while you frantically called it from your doorstep, just to end it's pathetic, miserable existence.

@The1Helleri

9 жыл бұрын

Rusty Shackleford That seriously brought a tear to me eye I from laughing so hard. Brain dead shih-tzu running happily into traffic to end it's pathetic life...good stuff, lol. And, a good point too. These are wild animals. And, their traits as wild animals are what we find desirable. So, they are not in any real danger of ever being inbred. We are never going to see a tea cup eagle in some woman's purse (something that literally shivers from the simple act of actually being that ridiculous and living). We want these to keep their wild streak and hunters heart. And, we owe them a good life for the fact that we have made it harder for them to have one on their own. And, you can't just turn these things loose, either. Eagles mate for life. They probably see their trainers/handlers as their mates. If some radical environmentalist 'sets them free' their condemning the birds to a level of stress that will probably kill them. like I said before. this is a good fit. A role in which we can coexist. And both of the species benefit.

Some of the comments really made me laugh. Buy it chicken from the supermarket so animals don't suffer? Lol. Like the chicken in the supermarket didn't suffer a miserable short life. Come on. Thanks for sharing the video. You're a lucky man to share a relationship with a bird like that.

@spiveyc4404

5 жыл бұрын

I agree, honestly I’d say that animals hunted in the wild suffer less than those raised on farms.

@The_Superpack

4 жыл бұрын

Spivey C its more like pick your poison

Those are some spectacularly gorgeous birds. Fine hunters indeed! Masters of the sky. Beautiful! What more can I say? God really knows how to make them. Doesn't he?

@jojojojo5353

8 жыл бұрын

+Kevin Thomas except that god didnt make them , evolution did

@marknutt4470

8 жыл бұрын

+jojojojo5353 *tips fedora*

@blackcat4562

8 жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree. I think I'd like to own one some day.

@jojojojo5353

8 жыл бұрын

evolution doesn't work that way , study it before making idiotic ignorant comments on it

@blackcat4562

8 жыл бұрын

jojojojo5353 God created things through evolution. Anyways, you think one small comment will change what someone believes? Well in that case I hope the Lord saves you. This is my only response to you.

A friend and I discovered a nesting pair of golden eagles preying exclusively on sharp tailed grouse and prairie chickens. That was a real eye opener for us, as we are both fly Jerkins at prairie grouse, and know how challenging they are to catch. Wild eagles are incredible!

Absolutely amazing! Such majesty! Such grace!

Everyone who comments along the lines of "wow you disgust me how can you kill innocent animals like that?", you need to use your brain, and realize that the eagle wouldn't be a vegetarian in the wild. The only things the people in the videos do is help direct the eagle's, flush prey, and end the suffering of the animals.

@kaewgigliuto2407

9 жыл бұрын

You could just fly the eagles and buy them some chicken at the end of the day. I do it with a kite I found when it was young, no need for it to kill anything, the fucking supermarket is full of chicken, duck and turkey that have all been humanely killed.

@flohh

9 жыл бұрын

wtf does humanely killed even mean? Theres no such thing.

@flohh

9 жыл бұрын

Only if someone/something is suffering and you use lethal injection or something like that.

@onclebob2178

9 жыл бұрын

Kaew Gigliuto Eagles are hunters, it's their nature: birds of prey! Giving them supermarket stuff not allowing them to hunt is against nature and stupid!

@kaewgigliuto2407

9 жыл бұрын

Is it not also against the law of nature for an eagle to be sitting on a mans hand?

Love to see a go pro on one of these bad boys.

@flohh

9 жыл бұрын

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@JiNYa92

9 жыл бұрын

iRez2013 He said Go Pro.. :D

@flohh

9 жыл бұрын

Close enough haha

@willieboy8798

6 жыл бұрын

go to a rehabitation site a man put a go pro on one... it look fantastic to see a eagle in play flight. the speed at which it travels at low flight is incredible.

I feel bad for the fox and deer but that is a gorgeous bird, absolutely stunning how powerful they can be.

It puts a smile on my face to see how much you and your bird love eachother.

Amazing! I admire anyone who can get a Golden Eagle to cooperate with them and catch a deer! Beautiful birds.

Golden Eagles I think are the most beautiful birds on the planet. They are absolutely awesome!

Wow! Who would have guessed a Golden Eagle could hunt and catch such large animals. WOW! Amazing.

That is greatly wonderful. The eagles are magnificent.

Hi Hani Girgis fantastic live hunting with Golden Eagle.. Background music also good. I Like the film.

That's a beautiful bird.

Golden Eagle. Such a majestic animal!

LMFAO i Love how that Rabit Deer keeps going and Draged the Bird xD

Unreal video. Awesome bird

I would sit here and hit LIKE for ten minutes straight if I could. This was very incredible. I actually had goose bumps watching this. Your choice of back ground music was perfect as well. These creatures are beautiful both in flight, and perched. Where I live we have a good variety of birds of prey. One of my simple pleasures in life is watching as they circle in the sky. It also a thrill to see them fishing. Though sometimes they can be very annoying. I once watched a bald eagle bring a salmon out of the river. The fish had to be at least 20 pounds. The eagle took it to the top of a dead tree on the far bank. When he pecked at it the fish jumped, slipping from the eagles grasp, and feel to the bank. For some reason the eagle did not retrieve the salmon but took off instead. When my oldest was 6 years old I took her fishing at Galesville Reservoir in Oregon. Ospreys were out over the reservoir circling, my daughter asked what they were doing. I explained they were doing the same thing we were, looking for a good place to fish. She asked me how they caught fish without fishing poles. One of the ospreys we were watching answered her question for her. We were both amazed how long the hawk was under water, but learned why, the salmon was HUGE. The osprey came out of the water flying towards the far bank, but the fish was so heavy and fighting hard the bird was having trouble getting off the surface of the water. Thankfully I had my binoculars that day as we were able to watch the salmon be taken up to the top of a tree where the osprey had a nest full of little ones.

Extremely awesome!

As a inspiring falconer this is a great video to show the end result of all the work that goes into this.

Wow people, over 3M views! You are awesome! Thank you all! Please share a video with your friends if you like it! :)

Great video of the Golden Eagle and nice music from Legends of The Fall.

Absolutely Amazing!

That was AWESOME!!!

Looks like a great time was had by all, except of course for the rabbits and deer! Amazing Eagles you guys have there! What magnificent birds!

This is one of the first videos I've seen that deserve one million+ views.

Wow, majestic animals, everything in harmony the way it should be.

nice vid nenad ! looks to me you know what you are doing and that you respect both animals ....the predator and the hunted one too. , another bright eyed predator just like wolves....crocodiles....and the Kitty family ... impressive vid

wonderful video. the raptor is magnificent

nice video! proud that our traditional sport is so widespread greetings from Kazakhstan

Falconry with Eagles. Amazing.

Excellent, good movie and excellent quality

This is absolutely AWESOME!!

Really enjoyed this, amazing power, skill and courage.

Very nice , love these birds

What beautiful birds! That one part where the eagle grabs the deer by the hinder parts and goes for a ride is pretty funny.

I have always appreciate Golden Eagle. They are the best hunters. The Wolves of the air. I happened to be a proud owner.

Wow! Amazing video!

Very interesting. I love it.

Truely amazing...thank you for sharing!

Soo awesome! Thanks for posting. :)

Without the warning at the beginning I would've giving it a thumbs down. As it is, I'm sincerely thankful that you did. We admire the Eagle greatly and we liked your short movie, thanks for sharing !

Wow beautiful REAL EAGLE GREAT VIDEO VIVA MEXICO #1 2016

Wonderful hunting with golden eagle!

Felt like how to train your dragon, but smaller. Great video

Nice birds! Thanks for share.

woooaaahhh....amazing eagle!!!!

i really like this short movie, and great performance with the bird and the hare, i like each and every scene. i like the script =)

Beautiful, I Like SO Much

Awesome Birds and the people that train them

Espetacular!! Parabéns por essas belas aves!!

Awesome video. Hope all those Raptors are ok!

Dude...this bird is amazing

Golden Eagles are hands down the most majestic flying creatures on this planet, just as Tigers are on the land. All praises are for the Almighty God

nice video!! i can see you people dedication towards nurturing the Eagle. forget about the ignorants who commented about the brutality. they just talk and eat hamburgers.

Amazing, beautiful animals! Their eyesight's so good they could read newsprint from hundreds of yards away. An eagle cam here would be cool. Thanks, God.

Awesome video, I love eagles:)

Great video !

This is realy cool!

You know what else is amazing? Holding a Camera still.

@SavageInstitute

8 жыл бұрын

Hard to do zoomed in a million times.

this is wicked. beauty birdo

Truly wonderful. I’d love to watch a hunt.

Those birds are AWSOME

Very Good Job !!!!!!!!!

Truly amazing! Very Nice...

This is pretty cool stuff! You can tell that it's a ton of work to train a raptor. Much Respect my friend.

"Don't worry, the bird is fine." xD

Totally amazing, they take on really heavy prey. Looks like the birds are well loved and cared for.

your using eagles as weapons? COOL!!

The raptor hunting video is amazing. Can you indicate if they need assistance now to hunt or are you doing this as a part of research and training.

Beauties! Please keep the tradition alive.

Amazing and thrilling! I have never seen them take down a deer before. Thanks for posting.

A nice green way to hunt game :)

Where do you get golden eagles and how much do they cost?

That was an awesome video! They are so powerful and smart... Theirs a video that shows Golden Eagles in the Dardia Mountains of Greece hunting tortoises by picking them and flying up to great heights and dropping them against the rocks below to separate the shells.

Very cool birds!! Bull Elk are cool also. ♡♡♡☆

great video! thanks

That's a beautiful maneuver at 2:20 Cuts his horizontal speed and gives him more room to accelerate downward onto the rabbit.

well, that was exciting!

Awesome video. The place where I hunt reindeer......(Norway) it is golden egales in the wild. They hunt reindeer now an then. Calves are no match for the egales but the adult ones are more tricky. They puncture their lungs and wait until the reindeer is dead. Easy meal. The golden egale are great birds and great hunters as well......again.....great video.

These eagle r those missiles who can never miss their target

@segura2112

3 жыл бұрын

They missed 4 times.

Wow! A deer! That must be one proud eagle. Question when hunting with raptors do you have to abide by deer season rules? Did you tag the deer afterwards?

Outstanding. Man and bird in unison. I love this. I'm a big game hunter myself. But never hunt other predators, only hunt large dangerous prey. Dig the video. Keep it up. (ps. Dig the Legends of the Fall soundtrack)

so beautiful to see how tame the majestic eagle is to you band of brothers if you don't mind me asking if one majestic eagle should pass on what do you do with the carcass and feathers

I want to go hawking with you guys. Very cool videos!

this is the coolest thing ever.

wao, i love eagles specialy golden eagles

I like the concept of man and eagle tag-teaming to bring down deer. The eagle can find the deer and catch it but probably can't bring it down, but all it has to do here is slow it down enough for the man to catch up and finish it. Great video

@satishlakhera1972

8 жыл бұрын

videos is great but work is bad

@daddiojones238

7 жыл бұрын

Toby Mardlin the dude helps so the bird doesn't get injured. bird wouldn't go for it if it wasn't his natural diet. welcome to nature

Falconry, Hawking, etc; it is not about "owning" a bird of prey. The art of falconry is unique in that wild hawks and falcons do not "love" their companions like a dog or cat does. Falconry is a connection to the wild, it is raw. The eagle,hawk, falcon, does not care about the falconer. The raptor is smart enough to know where the food comes from, so it returns to the falconer. There is a deep connection built when training a raptor, a bond deeper than teaching a dog to sit. Falconers and their birds share a connection that no other human can share with any other animal. As an aspiring falconer, I can say that people need to wake up and realize that these animals are not our pets.

Best eagle attacks

the black head eagle is the best original Frome Africa Thay don't have no fear and very smart respect his owner.

You can't get much more in tuned with mother nature than the bond of hunting companions do.

Amazing to watch.

WOW that was amazing

Svaka chast Hani, pozdrav Ogi.

Falconry a majestic practice with an almost religious overtone. One does not just do falconry, one lives, eats, and breaths it. To establish a true partnership between man and raptor without the illusion of ownership, this my friends is true falconry in its purest form. I hope one day to accomplish a partnership between myself and a magnificent raptor, to be able to call myself a falconer.

how can you teach the eagle like that so great!...i love eagle!...:)

Almost three million now dude!

I have an Ostrich and it wont perch on my arm and refuses to fly, every time i pick it up it pecks me and continually bothers my cat, what am i doing wrong and do you think that the cat is the problem?