Aquila chrysaetos

A Very Unusual Hunting Strategy

grrlscientist | January 3, 2009

tags: golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos, animal behavior, hunting strategy, streaming video This astonishing video shows a Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos, who has developed an unusual hunting strategy to capture and kill prey that is much larger than itself: grabbing and throwing live goats off a cliff [7:19]

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