Monday, September 23, 2013

Someone Attached a GoPro to an Eagle and the Footage is BREATHTAKING

It's a moment of extreme cognitive dissonance when the most patriotic thing you have ever seen in your American life is actually super-French.


 A video featuring GoPro footage shot by an eagle soared to the top of Reddit's video page recently, delighting all who laid eyes upon it. Before anyone watching has the opportunity to shed a tear for the purple mountain's majesty, etc., though, a caption on the video mentions that this was shot in the Chamonix valley of France's Mer de Glace. Is it animal abuse to weigh down such a majestic creature by strapping a camera to it? Considering how gracefully this winged treasure swoops around this scenic tableau, the answer is no.


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  1. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2013 at 9:36 PM

    Depends if they were able to take the camera off the eagle afterwards or not... Seems like they did, the eagle could probably be their pet. Must be amazing to be an eagle

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    1. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2013 at 10:33 PM

      Yes it is. ;-)

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    2. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2013 at 6:32 AM

      I'm pretty sure that those are the Austrian Alps. There's a castle on the mountain a few minutes off the Autobahn that has a museum and a hunting bird museum. They have daily shows, and a variety of trained hunting birds that the falconers have trained. Really quite amazing. Have been there twice.

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    3. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2013 at 9:42 AM

      How would they have posted the video if they didn't get the camera back?

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    4. ACESeptember 26, 2013 at 2:55 PM

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    5. AnonymousOctober 4, 2013 at 1:07 PM

      "How would they have posted the video if they didn't get the camera back?"

      I dont know the capabilities of the gopro, but you could very easily do wireless streaming to a server

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    6. MaliceOctober 6, 2013 at 1:29 AM

      Yes, but that would mean that the Eagle was in range of Wifi...

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2013 at 10:28 PM

    Bless this majestic bird!
    They will take it off.
    Very cool :)

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2013 at 1:31 AM

    pretty sure its a pet, you can see the straps from the shadows on the ground

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2013 at 8:50 AM

    How is that patriotic? I'm pretty sure thats a golden eagle not a bald eagle... Murica!

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2013 at 4:30 AM

    Why the hell would a bird flying be patriotic?

    Amazing footage, such graceful flight.

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  6. AnonymousOctober 6, 2013 at 6:38 AM

    This Video with Music: Fly Like An Eagle
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62E_cEnLRhQ&feature=share&list=UURXLeV1CIAGqlA7SfPWxKYQ

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  7. UnknownOctober 11, 2013 at 5:56 PM

    "Mer de glace" is in the French Alps and means sea of ice. Nice vid

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