Eagles, Goats and Amusement Park Injuries: The Friday Nooner (EST)!
Awesome Video Of The Day
Golden Eagle Snags A Goat
While we’re on the subject of terrifying animals, I would like to add that I will never, EVER fuck with a golden eagle. I can’t imagine that I weigh much more than a goat, and that THING just totally picked one up and flew away it. You do the math. Sure, the crappy little goat sound effect 13 seconds in is hilarious, but that’s about all you get in this video in the way of comedy1. Birds of prey don’t really “do” funny.
Wanna know what probably happens after this video ends? The eagle takes the goat back to its terrifying nest (presumably one made of broken glass and barbed wire) and proceeds to rip it to shreds with its razor-sharp beak. When I think of badasses of the animal kingdom, I don’t generally think of birds; wolves, cobras, tigers, and komodo dragons come more readily to mind. I guess I tend to think of fangs and venom instead of talons and beaks2, but it’s starting to look like I’ve been all turned around on the subject. Apparently eagles are totally badass. Who knew?!
1 Other than the part where the eagle flies away with the goat. In the laugh industry, we call this a “sight gag.”
2 Although giant squid have beaks too, and they are most certainly badass animals.
(Yet Another) Wildcard Week!!!
RideAccidents.com
I don’t know what horrible misfortune spurred someone to start RideAccidents.com. I like to think they lost their arm years ago on a tilt-a-whirl and turned into the most boring comic book hero of all time, hellbent on destroying the carnival industry by starting a website that documents amusement park-related accidents in painstaking detail. It’d be like Batman fighting the Joker with petitions and legal actions. Come to think of it, I would probably buy either one of those comic books if they were available, but I digress. Moving along…
RideAccidents.com “includes a record of fatal amusement ride accidents in the United States since 1972, and, for the past nine years, has recorded all types of accidents, including many from outside the United States.” It’s good to have this kind of information available at your fingertips. How else would you know how many children have died or been injured on inflatable rides? Who else is keeping track of all the accidents that occur at Disneyland? What about bungee-related mishaps? Fun is dangerous, people. Thank goodness there’s someone out there documenting all the ways it can possibly go wrong.
January 4th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
How fun would that be though to fly down a mountain carried by a bird as a way to die. That comes pretty close to being the best. It’s like in that Disney movie, the Rescuers Down Under, except the end of the flight ends in disembowlment instead of friendship.
January 4th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
That video was cool as hell. About two years ago I saw a hawk try to take a neighbor’s
dachshund. It couldn’t get it off the ground, fucked up the dog pretty good though.
January 4th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
The title of that video could “The Goats Air Glory Ride Of Death”.
January 4th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Glendoor, I think that’s already the name of a DragonForce song.
January 5th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
“Eagles flying high through mountains grabbing goats below with power!”
I actually love DragonForce and actually own the Inhuman Rampage album, but really, you can’t NOT have a sense of humour about their lyrics.
January 7th, 2008 at 6:05 am
Apparently eagles are pussies compared to bounce houses
January 8th, 2008 at 12:21 am
“…except the end of the flight ends in disembowelment instead of friendship.” That has to be one of the funniest lines I have ever read here or anywhere else. Gold Medal on ya!
Outstanding filmclip—though if they eagle was REALLY smart (they’re not, they’re just incredibly cool and know how to snag lunch on the go), he’d just lift the goat off the precipice, let him go, then collect a far less nervous goat off the valley floor below.