Eagles are formidable predators and efficient hunters. When they have their eye on a prey, seldom do they miss the target.
Let’s find out what they’re capable of as we countdown 15 most deadly eagle attacks in the world.
OCTOPUS BATTLE BALD EAGLE
John Inlet and his colleagues were working at a fish farm off the coast of northern Vancouver Island when they witnessed a knock-down drag-out fight between an octopus and bald eagle and caught the battle on video.
The crew was in their boat finishing up work near Quatsino, B.C., when Inlet said they “heard a lot of screeching, a lot of splashing sounds” and saw a bald eagle drowning in the death grip of a large octopus.
They were grappling and struggling in the water. The octopus dwarfed the eagle and completely wrapped it up. The crew didn’t know if they should intervene, but eventually decided to step in and save the bird.
While a colleague’s camera rolled, Ilett took a pike pole and “slowly peeled the octopus off” its prey: That gave the eagle just enough time to break free and swim to shore.
The bird spent about 10 minutes gathering itself on the shoreline before flying off.
BALD EAGLE VS BALD EAGLE
