Golden eagles have an amazing hunting technique for subduing the Chamois, a mountain goat and relative of the antelope native to Europe.
The huge bird of prey attacks from above, catching the goat off guard.
The eagle will grab the goat with its sharp talons and attempt to drag it down the mountain cliff, in hopes that the power of gravity will kill the prey.
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This is not the first time this kind of behavior has been documented on film. There’s a good reason why we call predatory birds “raptors”.
Watch as this goat becomes subject to another eagle’s attack. Of these predatory birds, the golden eagle is one of the deadliest.
Native to the Northern Hemisphere, golden eagles are found in North America, Eurasia, and parts of northern Africa, making them the most widely-distributed species of eagle.