Golden eagle toddler attack: YouTube clip captures the moment a large bird of prey swoops down and snatches a child
The video is already proving popular on Twitter, but some doubt its authenticity
A video clip on YouTube appears to capture the moment a golden eagle swoops down and grabs a child in its talons.
The clip, which was filmed in Montreal, Canada, begins by showing the huge bird circling a park.
The bird then dives towards a family, grabbing a toddler while his mother looks on in horror. The eagle struggles to lift the child and drops him a few feet off the ground.
As the eagle grabs the child, the French-speaking man filming the clip swears in English and runs over to help the family. The video then zooms in on the child who begins crying but does not appear to be seriously hurt.
The video is already proving popular on Twitter, with one user tweeting “Destined to be huge”. Others also posted on the clip’s viral potential.
However, there in increasing social media speculation that the clip may be a fake, with experts analysing the clip frame-by-frame for clues that it may be computer-generated
Writing in the New Statesman, blogger Alex Hearn says: “When the bird swoops down, its shadow pops in one frame after it does. And for one frame, and one frame only, around three seconds in, its right wing becomes transparent.
“Then there is the slightly odd motion of the child after the eagle lets go of it. Not only does it carry on going up - which would just be momentum - but its ascent actually speeds up a bit before falling.”
If the footage is real, it is likely the eagle mistook the child for a baby fox, ground squirrel or large hare - its usual prey.
The golden eagle is one of the most powerful predators in the avian world.
They regularly kill and carry off so-called mid-sized prey such as baby deer, goats, sheep and calves. They have even been known to take adult roe deer, adult coyote and, when hunting in pairs, even adult wolves.
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