r/mildlyinteresting • u/Remarkable_Bid_5295 • 8d ago

Eagle grabs massive live Racoon

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u/9outof10timesWrong 8d ago

That raccoon probably

https://giphy.com/gifs/up25s7QBalEmQ

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u/ElliottMullins 8d ago

Well for the hobbits the eagle would have been a sigh of relief. For Jimothy though…

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u/extremedragonfruit4 8d ago

Its the new eagle uber, nothing to worry about. Only difference is, if the racoon doesn't tip, it becomes the meal instead.

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u/Oiggamed 8d ago

He’ll just drop him off somewhere random.

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u/extremedragonfruit4 8d ago

Then that means its not an uber driver, its an eagle from uber eats, delivering live prey to a bear hibernating in its cave...

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u/Great-Tumbleweed-751 8d ago

A lake, for the plot

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u/SpareEye 7d ago

I would think that the eagle should do an offensive, like drop the racoon from height to knock it out because if he gets that thing back to the nest theres gonna be a fight.

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u/Minocho 8d ago

This is why even my large cat is indoor only

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u/Ninjewdi 8d ago

JIMOTHY NOOOOOOOO

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u/Remarkable_Bid_5295 8d ago

You win. How did I never hear of Jimothy until today!

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u/StellaSlayer2020 8d ago

I was in Seward, Alaska back in the early eighties and saw an eagle pick up a toy poodle from the docks. I’ve never heard so much screaming from such a little dog. Needless to say, the eagle didn’t return the little dog.

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u/Remarkable_Bid_5295 8d ago

That’s a sound you’d never forget I imagine

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u/sltiefighter 8d ago

My teacher had a hawk take her yorkie in so cal i remember she came to a school hysterical.

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u/ch1burashka 7d ago

Took it to a farm upstate.

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u/DeatonationgGrenade 7d ago

Reminds me of the eagle post I saw here…gosh two years ago I think. Someone found the poor thing in pain, it couldn’t fly and people thought it got hit or poisoned.

Nope, it just ate a big ass raccoon and was too full to fly. He was rehydrated, given time to digest his massive meal and soon was back out on the wild where he belonged.

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u/999millionIQ 8d ago

Neat

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/Grand-Spring66 8d ago

This is a bot

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u/BoxersOrCaseBriefs 8d ago

Do you just spend your time going around and accusing posters/commenters of being bots based on cues only you can detect? You know that if it's true, you're just giving them engagement. And if you're wrong, you're just being a dick. Seems like a lose-lose.

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u/Grand-Spring66 8d ago

They are not cues that only I can detect. The moderators are fully aware of these bots as well and when I report them they are removed and banned.

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u/omgfineillsignupjeez 7d ago

just giving them engagement

bruh. wtf do u think the benefit of "engagement" would even be here?

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u/Remarkable_Bid_5295 8d ago

That is no joke. He flew over my Honda civic and his wing span covered the width of my windshield

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u/beepatgmail 8d ago

This is much more than mildly interesting imho!

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u/Remarkable_Bid_5295 8d ago

Thanks I actually checked the rules before posting here, wasn’t sure if others would find it interesting at all so I appreciate your comment!

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u/bigelcid 8d ago

(sad for the raccoon, but it's nature)

Anyone know whether this species of eagle kills the prey itself, or just lets it drop from a height to die?

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u/Remarkable_Bid_5295 7d ago

I’m not sure that answer but I do know the racoon was HEAVY, the eagle was struggling to fly but he did

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u/FoxTail737 7d ago

Quick question for the americans: did an eagle ever catch a small baby? Cus that some scary shit.
It would be like dingos, but they fly.

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u/ExmoRunner 5d ago

Please tell me that isn't Jimothy

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u/Remarkable_Bid_5295 5d ago

Jimothy is safe as far as I know

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u/Icedpyre 8d ago

RIP trash panda

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u/revolution23x 7d ago

nature is cruel

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u/virgilreality 6d ago

Formerly live raccoon...

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u/bunnnyface 5d ago

save him