Really it's not a bad thing that their extinct. People forget that species die all the time. The more larger less adaptable species(seem to be more problematic with birds and Mammals) go extinct faster because they consume to much food and have low numbers. You're not missing anything.
So we can't kill bunny rabbits with are bare hands? You compare us to the few animals that are predatory. We also don't need strong limbs in comparison to these animals.
a strike from this eagle would easily knock a tiger off its feet, and a second blow to the head would kill. eagles hunt by surprise, and a tiger wouldnt be able to react in time. after all the siberian subspecies of the golden eagle is used to hunt and kill gray wolves, and haasts eagle is twice as large with talons larger than tiger claws. eagle wins no contest. ps- tigers dont "paw punch" lol idiot.
@TheNumberseventy7 Thats a very interesting view of yours but im afraid...its abit delusional....A eagle isnt going to be able to knock a tiger off its feet...that is abit silly....
@singularku it is sad i agree i love birds of prey and the sorry to say it relativity boring wildlife we have here would be o so different with the eagle king here. But there is no way it could live with us......it killed us. In fact if it were still here we would be its optimum prey. Im sad but also glad that i dont have to live in fear from the open sky. A man killing bird of prey is not something that you want and if you had kids two fold.
@ForestoFlight well they have to have SOME concept of what the Haast's Eagle looked like. It's EXTINCT, it's not like they can go out and just film it live. So if a harpy eagle is the closest thing that they felt resembled a Haast's, then so be it. It's all speculation.
@ForestoFlight its funny how the idiots are allways quick to call someone dumb....it says its a harpy in heading...it looks like a harpy...well it must be aye genius? They just using it as an example arnt they Eisenstein?
@Chandy1000 i live in nz and to be honest our wildlife isnt to exciting except for this i love raptors and to know we had by far the largest in our dense native forest is an awsome feeling i to am sad we dont get to see thease magnificent kings as well as the moa. But in saying that such a predator was allways going to have a hard time coinciding with man and the reality of pre adapted man eating eagles would be nothing short of terror. This is a island of birds no predators save three raptors
@Chandy1000 if new zealand had open areas the haasts could have adapted to a glider like most eagles and have been considerably larger still! makes you wonder. As it is the three meter wing span is the shortest of any raptor for body size. It was not a glider and probably could not glide like most raptors (i wish more accurate portrayals were given)but an active flyer and very maneuverable fan tail it was adapted for sub canopy life as it covered every where here in its natural state.
@xelaAEK alright i obviously knew that...lions eat human, tigers eat human, sharks eat human, etc we dont have to extinct them, just need a way to protect them or sustain them.
Tiger would be an easy picking for the Haast's eagle It wouldn't stand a chance in an ambush... This size of eagle has a tremendous 1,500 lb force grip with a dagger like sharp long talons 5-7 inches long more than 30 lb of weight barreling at a speed of 100 kph It would hit the tiger like like a cannon ball.
@zethaw he can be king of the Mars but if he would try to hunt down tiger, he would end like a little worm beneath elephant foot. TIGER OWNZ ALL! And shut the fuck up already... :D
@zethaw that`s why I said "if he would try to hunt tiger" YOU FUCKIN` IDIOT! Anyway, put them in a cage and we`ll see who`s the king.. and again, TIGER OWNZ ALL!
@sagorevach - That's why I said; TIGER would NEVER hunt an eagle!.. Even if the tiger wants to.. Tiger is even smarter than you! You SCAM-BAG! coz' the tiger knows his Limitations... WHY don't you try to put them your self STUPID ASSHOLE! or why don't you try to enter a cage of a large eagle?! forget about the tiger cage coz' the tiger wont even try to eat you, your rotting flesh! GO HOME LOSER!!!
@sagorevach This animal fighting shit is about as thick as it gets but to help the lower minds here. This should answer it...in a cage yes the tiger probably would kill the eagle. Easily. But if the tiger lived here in nz the time of haasts it would just be another list on the menu right beside man and moa. This a bird of prey folks as far as hunting things on the ground in owns hands down. Its only limitation is size. And the haasts was a giant killer. Tiger would not have made apex hunter here
@adznz11 come on, don`t be ridiculous. Tiger would kill him with a one paw punch, what the fuck is wrong with you. And this birdy lived in a time when sabertooth tigers were also alive. And do you know how big was sabertooth tiger? lol, shut the fuck up and do some blowjob for homework.. you and your sissy birdies. Tiger ownz, remember that when I ask you one day
@sagorevach i would say it evolved too its size a while after the sabertooths where around quite fairly. Im not saying which animal you think is cooler which is what you seem to be on about im just stateing a fact. This was an ARIAL predator of large land prey. Do you know how big a moa was? makes a tiger look like a bobcat! Go check it out. That was its prey. As you see in nature today there is no defence from a bird of prey except just being to big for it to kill in one hit or hiding from it.
@sagorevach And im afraid your tiger dosnt fit the former prerequisite. A tiger is just to small and raptors unlike most land predators will take carnivorous prey as well as herbivorous. Im not joking when i say that tigers or any other medium to large land animal (us included quite evidently) would just be food for this raptor. Its just fact. So you can call it sissy all you want truth is there has been no more effective man killing predator ever. I would far rather live with tigers mate.
@adznz11 haha what`s that mumbo jumbo shit talking? you are just talking without any knowledge about that. Today anyone can talk idiotic shit. Listen pal, that bird can`t hold tiger because she only has claws and tiger has claws, jaws, legs, agillity... This bird could never catch him because he is quicker and one paw punch and she`d be dead so stop moronizing about who is whose prey. Now, you have my permission to stink off of me. Get out of my sight
@sagorevach ....ok cuz. Its not shit talk its just called knowing about things your interested in...so nah its not shit talk. Its based on what ornithologists know about the raptor. That bird as you say dont need to hold kitty after its necks broken on impact....yes thats how raptors do it...its fast. They cant afford to fuck around they are just birds after all. Hit, kill, feed, They are perfect killers. Watch one sometime theres plenty of clips here on youtube. And as for being quicker? dude?
@adznz11 if you where smarter sagorevach you would tell me that due to the fact the eagle was a ground feeder due to lack of natural predators and prey too big to move the tiger would stalk it while feeding and then pounce if it got in range cause then the eagle would be f#^ked. But your not you just say something real stupid like the tiger being quicker haha man. You make it easy. Simple answer eagle in air=dead tiger, eagle on ground=dead eagle end of argument. now ill stink off. Eagle wins=)
@adznz11 now they want to invent a new species so that somebody begins to invent histories to make money, the eagle that appears in that video treats nor but nor less than the eagle arpía but with dimensions not so exaggerated is the great eagle but of the world and this on the brink of madness the extinction
@adznz11 I know you would like it to be true because you are from New Zealand but it`s not. the top predator in that time wasn`t this bird. You just don`t want to be real and face it. This bird is dangerous but it could die if it attacks tiger or lion or something like that. How much stupid you have to be so you can`t understand? But really, how much?
@sagorevach OMG i was just going to leave it but no you are actually being serious arnt you?? No the eagle wouldnt die its prey does. It allways does. Thats why the Mongolians used eagles to kill wolves. Dont believe me there are videos of it here. In fact there are a whole lot of videos here that show raptors doing what they do which is one shoting anything up to its maximuim size per density load. The fact that you think a MOA KILLING GIANT EAGLE would somehow have ANY problem killing -
@sagorevach - A comparativly tiny ass tiger (go actually check out how big a giant moa is before you keep this up btw) You are im sorry either just fucked in the head or your just having me on. Seriously its not even funny anymore. It has a estimated hit force of a cinder block dropped from 20 meters put claws (larger than your tigers) on that aimed at the spinal base column of your unaware little tiger which is how it goes. And what have you got realistically? A fukin dead tiger. A fukin -
@sagorevach anything! smaller and less solid than an oxen! get it? tiger small fry kill for this bird. I know it seems hard for you to understand that a bird could kill your tiger. Tigers are cool i love em too. But this is reality. Do some more research on birds of prey and you wont be left wondering long. This was a giant giant killing bird. A Giant moa stood twice the height of a man! Can someone help me out with this guy?
@adznz11 Hello?? In that time tigers also were big. The largest (the one we recognize as the Saber Tooth Tiger) is called Smilodon populator(estimated 200-400 kgs or 440-880 lbs) So, what are we talking about here? For God sake, bird can`t kill such a big mammal. With one paw punch in the face would rip head off of this bird. What the fuck is wrong with you? HELLOOO?!!!!
@sagorevach well first we not talking about a smilodon we are talking about a tiger. Second what do you mean that time? Saber toothed cats of every model died out a long long time ago with the large herbivores at the end of the ice age (mans fault again) Haasts died out with the extinction of the moa a long time after the maori found this island which isnt that long ago if that didnt happen it would still be here today. Bone records arnt that old. All we have of the smilodon family are fossils.
@sagorevach I give up dude you win through shear stubbon ignorance. Yes a haasts giant eagle could not possibly kill the obviously all powerful tiger and its mighty one paw punch. You can go to sleep happy now that your ignorance over writes reality entirely. I would say i wish haasts was around to cleanse you of your ignorance but most likely you wouldnt see it coming and instant death is to kind for you. No it would be more fitting if you were mauled by the much slower killing tiger. The end
@adznz11 I was just right and you were wrong. And if this shitty bird would be still alive today in my surrounding, I would never go out without a shotgun. Your bird would be roasted chicken in a second.
Now, you have been tamed by me. Now go to do some blowjob for homework
@sagorevach No you lose in the worst way. Wrong in reasoning. Wrong in fact. And it seems wrong in the head. Anyone who has a basic understanding of the two creatures or even predatory nature knows im right anyway. So i give up trying to teach you. You are a lost cause. If you couldnt tell i was being sarcastic above. Just go on living in your fantasy world where your poor comprehension of the world around you somehow translates to you somehow being right. Good luck with that aye. You'll need it
@sagorevach In what way have i been defeated please tell me? In hard fact i am right because i know the facts. You seem not to. or be willing to learn them. You have showen me little but emotion. That does not win a debate....facts do. In reasoning you are wrong because you dont have any knowledge of the facts of the subject to form proper reasoning as you have showen me or anyone none. It all comes back to the FACT that you cant win a reasonable argument without FACT or REASON.
@sagorevach You have lost in everyway conceivable because it is a ridiculous claim to begin with that a tiger would come out on top in this situation. Whilst it is a superb predator its just in the wrong situation against this giant killing eagle. The only thing you have shown me is stubborn ignorance and delusion and that my friend does not win anything especially to yourself. Without desire to learn the truth we wont learn anything. That is truely the biggest loss you face sago
@adznz11 I will explain when you calm yourself. I bet your blood presure is about 240/180. Drink some water and call me to teach you how tiger is stronger than this birdy bird
@adznz11 damn, you are going to have heartattack. I saw your comment meant for me but you replied to yourself haha. I can see you are pretty shaken about that tiger owns. example, human can`t avoid because he would be slow but tiger is a fucking cat and he is faster, where did you see or heard in wild that any eagle caught a little wild cat or something?? where?? fucking idiot. You are just angry because I confuted your new zaeland`s animal from top predator. now ,get over it for god sake!!!
@adznz11 That may be, but Wiki seems to suggest that the HE is an example of a bird becoming an apex predator because no mammal predators were around to fill the niche. That's often used as an explanation for non-placental apex predators, including some of the large, prehistoric (T.rew[ish] flightless birds from South America.
@niflap if you look two comments down i actually point that little truth out if you read it. Yes haasts would never have evolved too that size because the only reason it did in the first place is because unlike any other raptor it could afford to eat its kill on the ground for weeks without fear of any predator. And its prey was much to big to carry. If there where land predators there would be no haasts simple as that. This whole tiger v haasts thing is silly but dosnt change the facts
@zethaw i would actually have to say hypothetically that in this case you would be wrong. If say tigers were here i would say the haasts would have considered it a prey option as all raptors there only limitation for prey is size and well our king bird here just didnt have that problem =) Knowing what i know of raptor behavior the tiger would have made the haasts day actually
@zethaw wrong as ive said this raptor would have hunted tigers just like a hawk would take rabbits as well as ferrets. Size is a raptors ONLY handicap.....and this sucker killed moa! tiger = lunch option to this guy just like we did. However the only reason this bird could evolve to this size in the first place was lack of ANY ground predators. It took big prey cause it could just stay with it on ground for weeks without fear. So if tigers were here the would not be what they were.
@zethaw king of sky = king of all under it. Look at it even in a military sense. Death from above mate you cant kill what you cat touch. And they can touch everything they want, Whenever they want, However they want, This would be no joke. I allways thought of it like this if you were a rabbit you got nearly every predator on your case big or small. But its most successful and most feared killer is not on land. The most terrifying killer you can imagine circles the sky above you. The poor maori
Although regional and seasonal differences in food habits exist, golden eagle prey consists mostly of small mammals such as jackrabbits, cottontails, prairie dogs, and ground squirrels. A variety of birds and reptiles also have been recorded as prey. Nesting pairs or concentrations of juvenile birds can be a major cause of predation on local game bird populations. Golden eagles also readily eat carrion.
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Correction sorry: it's about 140 newton-seconds, not 500, but that will still break through skulls, easily. Even a 2-kg solid weight thrown at 100 km/hr would be deadly.
This couldn't happen. The Haast eagle was only slightly bigger than the Phillipine Eagle. The biggest were only 33 pounds. Not big enough to kill an adult.
30 pounds for an eagle is enormous. It's not like a 30-pound lion or something. These things are much more deadly than their weight suggests.
There are modern-day golden eagles trained to hunt wolves, and they are tiny compared to Haast's eagles. If 30-pound Haast's can take down 500-pound moas, I can't see why humans would be much trouble.
@SkrPchr3 My Biology teacher is an expert on rapters and said that this video is a crock.
Also what you said about the golden eagle what those Mongolians in the videos don't tell you is that those wolves were raised domestically and don't know how to fight and many times the wolf will still overpower the eagle. That would never happen to a wild wolf. Remember birds have hollow bones so it is very easy to cripple them.
The eagles don't just walk up to a prey and trade pecks with bites. It charges at 100 km/hour. Do the math--that equates to a momentum of 500 Newton-seconds for a 5-kg eagle! That will crack your skull, literally. Try this: go to a gym, pick up a 5 kg weight, now image that weight thrown at your head at 100 km/hr. Now imagine that there are sharp spikes on that 5 kg weight. I guarantee, you'll be dead if that happened.
And why would the Mongolians raise domesticated wolves only to hunt them? Those are wild wolves that are eating their sheep, that's why they are hunting them.
Don't be surprised about the power of those eagles. They don't fight fairly. Normally, when you punch your opponent, you have to rely on your own strength to deliver the punch. But for an eagle, then can just charge from a distance and use that momentum to deliver a very strong hit. That's why they are so deadly.
@SkrPchr3 You're wrong...they do raise wolves for this purpose (small asiatic wolves weighing no more than 30 to 40 lbs. mind you)...they let them go and they run into wide open spaces where they are easily falconed usually by 2 or 3 birds at a time. It is more like a ritualized hunt than anything else. Check out more videos on youtube on the subject. In the wild, 1-on-1 these birds will be absolutely decimated by a medium-size adult male wolf. Some male grey wolves can weigh up to 190 lbs.!
@SkrPchr3 You're wrong...they do raise wolves for this purpose (small asiatic wolves weighing no more than 30 to 40 lbs. mind you)...they let them go and they run into wide open spaces where they are easily falconed usually by 2 or 3 birds at a time. It is more like a ritualized hunt than anything else. Check out more videos on youtube on the subject. In the wild, 1-on-1 these birds will be absolutely decimated by a medium-size adult male wolf. Some male grey wolves can weigh up to 190 lbs.!
The hunts are not for fun. They are to protect the sheep. When there are wild wolves running around killing your sheep, you don't have time to raise your own wolves so you could kill them for fun. Perhaps some falconeers do this to train their inexperienced eagles, but wild wolves do get hunted down.
Having said that, realize that the EAGLES aren't wild. They are HIGHLY trained. I don't think a wild eagle could beat a wolf.
Also, before we get too off-topic, the reasoning I brought up the subject of eagles hunting wolves is to show how much more powerful a Haast's eagle can be. Remember, Haast's eagles hunted 500-pound moas standing 12 feet tall. Do you think a human would stand a chance? It's one thing to argue that golden eagles can't beat wolves; it's another to argue that the giant Haast's eagles can't beat unarmed humans.
@SkrPchr3 I saw a video of what they do, is a tradition in Mongolia. Those wolves are 40 pounds underweight compared with a wild wolf that has the bite power of 480psi. A full grown grey wolf would tear that birds talons off before it knew what hit it.
I know someone that raises rapters that told me that the Haast Eagle could not hunt adult humans. The biggest they got was 33 pounds. They like to exagerate animals capabilitys like the show Monster Quest.
How would a Haast eagle hunt 500-pound moas standing 10 feet tall? 30 pounds is huge for an eagle. You have to realize how eagles hunt: they don't walk up to a prey and try to have a pecking match. They hit the prey at 100 km/hr. The prey gets seriously injured or killed by that initial hit, and that's it--no chance to fight back. Sure, you could break the eagle if given the chance, but you don't have that chance. You are bleeding, crippled, and possibly dead already.
I would say that an adult human armed with a large stick or club could fend off a Haast IF they saw the eagle coming at them. But if you get ambushed by it, don't expect to live. Eagles hunt large prey much like certain sharks hunting large seals: they ambush the prey with that initial strike, then they LEAVE you alone and let you die. They don't stick around to have a fist-fight with you. You might call it a hit-and-run. Seems kind of cowardly, but it works for them.
@SkrPchr3 The Moa bird is the easiest bird to kill they had no way to defend themselves. That is why natives in New Zeland hunted them to extinction. My Biology teacher said that the only time a large rapter would attack a human is if it was raised in captivity and was use to them. There is little if any record of this happening in the wild. There is also no evidence of them praying on adult humans. The last Haast Eagles were around 600 years ago.
Think about the physics for a second: a 30-pound object with sharp talons striking at 100 km/hr. Even if a BLUNT object hits you at that speed, you will likely die. Imagine a bowling ball (10 pounds) thrown at 100 km/hr. Whatever human it hits will be dead or seriously hurt.
If they can kill creatures weighing 500 pounds standing over 10 feet tall, what's so different about a 150-pound 6-feet tall human that makes him/her immune to an attack? (assuming the human is unarmed)
@SkrPchr3 I have seen a model of this Eagle and it is no giant like the title says. The Stellar Sea Eagle is the heaviest Eagle today and there is no record of them attacking humans. The biggest Stellar was 28 pounds with a 8 ft wingspan. While the biggest Haast Eagle was 33 pounds with a 9 1/2 foot wingspan. If one that big would not even try an adult human the Haast would not have any luck with an adult human.
Sea eagles are also usually weaker than terrestrial ones. The stellar sea eagle hunts fish, not ostriches. But Haast's eagles hunted moas twice as big as ostriches. You can't point to a modern-day eagle that hunts fish, and extrapolate that to conclude that the Haast's eagle (which hunts 500-pound moas) would behave the same way.
@SkrPchr3 The Steller has been known to hunt small seals on land, foxes, and even other Eagles. I wouldnt call that weak, I am going by what somebody that has worked with rapters for years says. Not some show that exagerates things for drama.
That's weak compared to something that hunts creatures twice as big as ostriches. Think about it for a moment: imagine an ostrich-like monster weighing several hundred pounds and TOWERING over your roof, yet it falls prey to the Haast's eagle.
I've already asked this question, but you've avoided it: If it can kill 500-pound moas standing 12 feet tall, what is it about a 150-pound 6-feet tall human (unarmed) that makes him/her invulnerable?
@SkrPchr3 The history of the natives of New Zeland say that these Eagles went extinct 550-600 years ago. This is because the Moa went extinct and the the natives said they went after children but there is no historical record of them killing adult humans.
Like I said the Moa is basically a 10 foot turkey that is cannot defent itself, they were not hard to kill. This is just a show that exagerates like Monster Quest does.
Humans are equally defenseless. We don't have protective shells, we don't sharp claws, we don't have sharp teeth. When a 30-pound sharp object hits you at 100 km/hour, what do you think would happen? (try to answer that question)
Golden eagles have been known to kill its handlers. If that's possible, then why is impossible for the much larger Haast's eagle to kill adult humans?
Let's clarify our points before we go further: are you saying that Haast's eagles COULD NOT have hunted humans, or that they DID NOT hunt humans, or that PROBABLY it could or did not hunt humans? Which are you saying?
Personally, I'm saying that physically the Haast's COULD have killed unarmed humans, and that POSSIBLY humans were hunted. I can't rule out that possibility, can you?
@SkrPchr3 This is based on Maori folklore that said this Eagle carried away children which is impossable because birds can only carry 1/5 their weight.
@MsZeitgeist85 - Gliding is a form of flying! Conserving their energy in doing so Eagles and Vultures are expert on this with or w/o a prey, they ride the thermals and rarely flap their wings once airborne... Gliding while holding a large prey to their talons is called carrying or lifting.. taking an object from point A to point B needs to be lifted and eagles do this by gripping the prey and fly with it or glide with it with their wings of course. It's not dragging it in the air? carrying it!
@MsZeitgeist85 you seem to have confused its wingspan with size. The haasts wasnt like any other eagle. It wasnt a glider but a sub canopy capable ACTIVE flyer (Flapper) thus it had very short wings for its size and a larger tail it had 40% larger body to wing ratio of other eagles and wieghed up to 16 kg Which may not sound heavy but for a highly manuverable hollow boned sub canopy hunting raptor is death for most things bar bull size up. With a hit force equivelent of a cinder block droped 25
@MsZeitgeist85 meters and talons larger than tigers claws it most certainly could and did kill many adults. It was infact considerably larger in body, density and strength than the phillipine eagle. The devils in the detail. Especially with raptors. At the end of the day it killed moa....the larger moa stood twice the height of man errect. Kill moa= easily killed man.
@adznz11 It may have killed 400# moas, but could it eat them b/4 they went bad? If not I don't see any advantage in killing prey that size unless they hunted as packs like extant harris hawks. Then, that may make sense. Prey too big to eat soon enough would take too much energy, unless the bird felt it so had it made that it didn't care.
an eagle in albania has been killed from a hunter ...her head was bigger than e human head..and her body was 1m:30cm..hear wing her twice bigger than human ..thats why ..the world call the albania as the land of the eagles...on the mountain there r hundreids and they can kill even a human,,,i love eagles
hmmmm there is no evidence that haast eagle preayed on humans in fact there is evidence of comlete opposite that humans killed haast eagle. read wikipedia
the harpy eagle looks good in this film because it shows how powerful it is being as one of the largest eagles. and haast eagle wouldn't have been any different. haast eagles were huge forest eagles that used trees as cover to attack prey. i just wish this eagle was alive. moas were its main food source. and they both were alive human would have less chance of getting attacked. this bird's strength would surely knock out a child or even the biggest moa of its feet.
its not related to the Harpy eagle but evolved a similar shape for a similar landscape (attacking through a dense tree canopy) ... they probably used images of the harpy as a subsitute rather thn create an entire new cgi "monster"
to all the people hating Maori please think before you post......hunting is and was a human trait.....no matter what race, all Humans hunted something in order to live...it has only been in the last century that we have been concerned about conservation.....yes it is a shame that Maori hunted Moa to extinction but if everybody was to be ashamed about what their ancestors did 400 years ago, this would be one sorry world.....We learn and appreciate them, not blame each other on who did what. Peace
@muslim1700 what is happening nowadays is nothing different to whats happened before with our planet its just a cycle the earth goes through every million years or so and animals disapear because thy cant all adapt. circle of life
DU HAAAST
tookurjaerbs 1 month ago 2
philippine eagle is the most powerful eagle in the world it can kill human.
slimfunkable 2 months ago
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eminemrocksyo 1 month ago
It makes you think how lucky we are to of not been around back then because of monsters like the Haast Eale
Raptor3946 2 months ago
Seriously, if you are gonna post something that is dubbed over, it is common courtesy to put that info into the title of the video.
mariodohn 2 months ago
the human...the one specie that merit the extintion
awerks13 3 months ago
wtf? triple language?
Blaze6108 3 months ago
that dam bird I'm lucky I live in the time if that thing came at me now I'd shoot it and cook it for dinner
TheStephaniekeil5 3 months ago
Could you imagine if they were still alive today? O_O
jacksondavid301 4 months ago
@jacksondavid301
No thank you... It's a bad thing that they are extincted but I'm not really sure we would like them back, wouldn't we? Or at least not near cities...
Blaze6108 3 months ago
@Blaze6108
Really it's not a bad thing that their extinct. People forget that species die all the time. The more larger less adaptable species(seem to be more problematic with birds and Mammals) go extinct faster because they consume to much food and have low numbers. You're not missing anything.
SgtThom 1 month ago
Of all the Animals in the animal kingdom... humans are the weakest and yet there stronger in numbers
Ngairangi 5 months ago
@Ngairangi
So we can't kill bunny rabbits with are bare hands? You compare us to the few animals that are predatory. We also don't need strong limbs in comparison to these animals.
SgtThom 1 month ago
a strike from this eagle would easily knock a tiger off its feet, and a second blow to the head would kill. eagles hunt by surprise, and a tiger wouldnt be able to react in time. after all the siberian subspecies of the golden eagle is used to hunt and kill gray wolves, and haasts eagle is twice as large with talons larger than tiger claws. eagle wins no contest. ps- tigers dont "paw punch" lol idiot.
TheNumberseventy7 6 months ago
@TheNumberseventy7 Thats a very interesting view of yours but im afraid...its abit delusional....A eagle isnt going to be able to knock a tiger off its feet...that is abit silly....
TOLOX 5 months ago
Oh that reminds me I MUST LEARNsPANISH
larzhendrixson 6 months ago 5
WE NEED IT TO CURE THE HUMAN PROBLEM!!!
warrioroftime80 7 months ago
Gimme a M-16 and i'd burn this mtf to the ground.
AlbatrossDude 7 months ago
How did the humans made them extinct?
GTXMAN 7 months ago
@GTXMAN All Blacks did. Tackled everyone they could see.
AlbatrossDude 7 months ago
why the fuck is there two fucking mexican beaners talking at the same fucking time
shut the fuck up!
QueefJuicer2 7 months ago
@QueefJuicer2 um, what?
shanadono 7 months ago
We can still figure out how Haast's Eagle looked. It's relative Booted Eagle is still alive, though it's considerably smaller.
Elainiwen 9 months ago
Nice that the eagle hunted and killed the woman...that's nature's revenge!!!
momanvgu 9 months ago
i live in NZ,its too sad i cant see this
singularku 9 months ago
@singularku it is sad i agree i love birds of prey and the sorry to say it relativity boring wildlife we have here would be o so different with the eagle king here. But there is no way it could live with us......it killed us. In fact if it were still here we would be its optimum prey. Im sad but also glad that i dont have to live in fear from the open sky. A man killing bird of prey is not something that you want and if you had kids two fold.
adznz11 7 months ago
hmmm, that's a harpy eagle, is it really that hard to make a digital bird
whitetiger123100 9 months ago
that first bird has a cool RAY-BAN!!!
periesicsd 9 months ago
i know it existed but went extinct when the moa died!im not trying to say it was never alive!
ForestoFlight 9 months ago
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ForestoFlight 9 months ago
@ForestoFlight U ARE SO DUMB HAAST EAGLE DID EXIST NOOB (sory for bad english)
nieklam1 9 months ago
@ForestoFlight well they have to have SOME concept of what the Haast's Eagle looked like. It's EXTINCT, it's not like they can go out and just film it live. So if a harpy eagle is the closest thing that they felt resembled a Haast's, then so be it. It's all speculation.
Halfbloodalchemist 9 months ago
@ForestoFlight its funny how the idiots are allways quick to call someone dumb....it says its a harpy in heading...it looks like a harpy...well it must be aye genius? They just using it as an example arnt they Eisenstein?
adznz11 8 months ago
Dubbings annoy me so much.
Elainiwen 10 months ago
sometime tha man and woman will extint their and will have justice whit the planet
awerks1 11 months ago
its sad that they r extinct...i really wanna see them live till today, but no! human just have to ruin the food chains of animals all the time!
Chandy1000 1 year ago 21
@Chandy1000 i live in nz and to be honest our wildlife isnt to exciting except for this i love raptors and to know we had by far the largest in our dense native forest is an awsome feeling i to am sad we dont get to see thease magnificent kings as well as the moa. But in saying that such a predator was allways going to have a hard time coinciding with man and the reality of pre adapted man eating eagles would be nothing short of terror. This is a island of birds no predators save three raptors
adznz11 8 months ago
@Chandy1000 if new zealand had open areas the haasts could have adapted to a glider like most eagles and have been considerably larger still! makes you wonder. As it is the three meter wing span is the shortest of any raptor for body size. It was not a glider and probably could not glide like most raptors (i wish more accurate portrayals were given)but an active flyer and very maneuverable fan tail it was adapted for sub canopy life as it covered every where here in its natural state.
adznz11 8 months ago
@Chandy1000
Dude, these animals eat humans, aslong as a animal threat us we shall give them back moffoko.
Human powah
xelaAEK 8 months ago
@xelaAEK alright i obviously knew that...lions eat human, tigers eat human, sharks eat human, etc we dont have to extinct them, just need a way to protect them or sustain them.
Chandy1000 8 months ago
@Chandy1000
Birds like these probably was extinct because it was too big.
SgtThom 1 month ago
Tiger would be an easy picking for the Haast's eagle It wouldn't stand a chance in an ambush... This size of eagle has a tremendous 1,500 lb force grip with a dagger like sharp long talons 5-7 inches long more than 30 lb of weight barreling at a speed of 100 kph It would hit the tiger like like a cannon ball.
But on land face to face the Tiger has the edge!
Wallacetic 1 year ago
if i was Haast Eagle i'll would blow MY LOADS all over your Tiger.
and i'll KNOCK the DUST OFF THAT PUSSY!!!!!!!
Haast's Eagle all day every day EAGLES OWNS
stick that up ya! or get it out of ya! you tight arse pussy
siroam2012 1 year ago
@sagorevach
Tiger got nothing on the Haast's Eagle
siroam2012 1 year ago
AW NU, AWWWWW NU, THERE IS AN EAGLE ON MY BACK BRO, I'M DEAD AS BRO!
KironVB 1 year ago
the biggggggggg showw.......
Haqq70 1 year ago
Now how much more interesting would life be if we had to watch out for ginormous eagles snatchin' up yo kids
Mercury205 1 year ago
pfff... Tiger owns ALL!
sagorevach 1 year ago
@sagorevach Elephant.
tjd1985 1 year ago
@tjd1985 I think you didn`t understand... TIGER OWNZ ALL! watch?v=pv_GQ1_MrrE
sagorevach 1 year ago
@sagorevach except elephant.
tjd1985 1 year ago
@sagorevach - I would agree IF the TIGER can fly like the eagles. Tiger is one of my fave predators But the eagles are the king of the sky.
zethaw 1 year ago
@zethaw he can be king of the Mars but if he would try to hunt down tiger, he would end like a little worm beneath elephant foot. TIGER OWNZ ALL! And shut the fuck up already... :D
sagorevach 1 year ago
@sagorevach -Eagles never hunt tigers.. and tigers cant hunt eagles coz' they cant fly!.. Stupid!
zethaw 1 year ago
@zethaw that`s why I said "if he would try to hunt tiger" YOU FUCKIN` IDIOT! Anyway, put them in a cage and we`ll see who`s the king.. and again, TIGER OWNZ ALL!
sagorevach 1 year ago
@sagorevach - That's why I said; TIGER would NEVER hunt an eagle!.. Even if the tiger wants to.. Tiger is even smarter than you! You SCAM-BAG! coz' the tiger knows his Limitations... WHY don't you try to put them your self STUPID ASSHOLE! or why don't you try to enter a cage of a large eagle?! forget about the tiger cage coz' the tiger wont even try to eat you, your rotting flesh! GO HOME LOSER!!!
zethaw 1 year ago
@zethaw Listen faggot, I know that you know I`m right, so you can put your eagle in your ASS! Fuckin` schmuck...
sagorevach 1 year ago
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zethaw 1 year ago
@zethaw nothin but trash in this roomeurotrash
thoostorm4 1 year ago
@sagorevach Tiger doesn't OWNZ people with guns...
HotDogInATortilla 1 year ago
@HotDogInATortilla Tiger ownz even anunakies :D
sagorevach 1 year ago
@sagorevach but shotguns kill things D: even tigers
HotDogInATortilla 1 year ago
@HotDogInATortilla yes but it`s cheating. Tiger doesn`t have shotgun :)
sagorevach 1 year ago
@sagorevach fine...wat about swords and knives? Tigers have claws and teeth, so its fair :D yeyyyyyy
HotDogInATortilla 1 year ago
@HotDogInATortilla man also has nails and teeth. any bonus weapon except what he got naturally is cheating :). so, TIGER OWNZ :DDD
sagorevach 1 year ago
@sagorevach Tiger doesn't own cause he can't make weapon, Weapon for human = Ownage :D Are you a tiger?
HotDogInATortilla 7 months ago
@HotDogInATortilla we are talking about animals DICKHEAD?!! HELLOOO?!!!!
sagorevach 6 months ago
@sagorevach No need for harsh words -.-
HotDogInATortilla 6 months ago
@HotDogInATortilla no need for playing smartass
sagorevach 6 months ago
@sagorevach This animal fighting shit is about as thick as it gets but to help the lower minds here. This should answer it...in a cage yes the tiger probably would kill the eagle. Easily. But if the tiger lived here in nz the time of haasts it would just be another list on the menu right beside man and moa. This a bird of prey folks as far as hunting things on the ground in owns hands down. Its only limitation is size. And the haasts was a giant killer. Tiger would not have made apex hunter here
adznz11 8 months ago
@adznz11 come on, don`t be ridiculous. Tiger would kill him with a one paw punch, what the fuck is wrong with you. And this birdy lived in a time when sabertooth tigers were also alive. And do you know how big was sabertooth tiger? lol, shut the fuck up and do some blowjob for homework.. you and your sissy birdies. Tiger ownz, remember that when I ask you one day
sagorevach 8 months ago
@sagorevach i would say it evolved too its size a while after the sabertooths where around quite fairly. Im not saying which animal you think is cooler which is what you seem to be on about im just stateing a fact. This was an ARIAL predator of large land prey. Do you know how big a moa was? makes a tiger look like a bobcat! Go check it out. That was its prey. As you see in nature today there is no defence from a bird of prey except just being to big for it to kill in one hit or hiding from it.
adznz11 8 months ago
@sagorevach And im afraid your tiger dosnt fit the former prerequisite. A tiger is just to small and raptors unlike most land predators will take carnivorous prey as well as herbivorous. Im not joking when i say that tigers or any other medium to large land animal (us included quite evidently) would just be food for this raptor. Its just fact. So you can call it sissy all you want truth is there has been no more effective man killing predator ever. I would far rather live with tigers mate.
adznz11 8 months ago
@adznz11 haha what`s that mumbo jumbo shit talking? you are just talking without any knowledge about that. Today anyone can talk idiotic shit. Listen pal, that bird can`t hold tiger because she only has claws and tiger has claws, jaws, legs, agillity... This bird could never catch him because he is quicker and one paw punch and she`d be dead so stop moronizing about who is whose prey. Now, you have my permission to stink off of me. Get out of my sight
sagorevach 8 months ago
@sagorevach ....ok cuz. Its not shit talk its just called knowing about things your interested in...so nah its not shit talk. Its based on what ornithologists know about the raptor. That bird as you say dont need to hold kitty after its necks broken on impact....yes thats how raptors do it...its fast. They cant afford to fuck around they are just birds after all. Hit, kill, feed, They are perfect killers. Watch one sometime theres plenty of clips here on youtube. And as for being quicker? dude?
adznz11 8 months ago
@adznz11 if you where smarter sagorevach you would tell me that due to the fact the eagle was a ground feeder due to lack of natural predators and prey too big to move the tiger would stalk it while feeding and then pounce if it got in range cause then the eagle would be f#^ked. But your not you just say something real stupid like the tiger being quicker haha man. You make it easy. Simple answer eagle in air=dead tiger, eagle on ground=dead eagle end of argument. now ill stink off. Eagle wins=)
adznz11 8 months ago
@adznz11 now they want to invent a new species so that somebody begins to invent histories to make money, the eagle that appears in that video treats nor but nor less than the eagle arpía but with dimensions not so exaggerated is the great eagle but of the world and this on the brink of madness the extinction
skeleton003 6 months ago
@adznz11 I know you would like it to be true because you are from New Zealand but it`s not. the top predator in that time wasn`t this bird. You just don`t want to be real and face it. This bird is dangerous but it could die if it attacks tiger or lion or something like that. How much stupid you have to be so you can`t understand? But really, how much?
sagorevach 8 months ago
@sagorevach OMG i was just going to leave it but no you are actually being serious arnt you?? No the eagle wouldnt die its prey does. It allways does. Thats why the Mongolians used eagles to kill wolves. Dont believe me there are videos of it here. In fact there are a whole lot of videos here that show raptors doing what they do which is one shoting anything up to its maximuim size per density load. The fact that you think a MOA KILLING GIANT EAGLE would somehow have ANY problem killing -
adznz11 7 months ago
@sagorevach - A comparativly tiny ass tiger (go actually check out how big a giant moa is before you keep this up btw) You are im sorry either just fucked in the head or your just having me on. Seriously its not even funny anymore. It has a estimated hit force of a cinder block dropped from 20 meters put claws (larger than your tigers) on that aimed at the spinal base column of your unaware little tiger which is how it goes. And what have you got realistically? A fukin dead tiger. A fukin -
adznz11 7 months ago
@sagorevach anything! smaller and less solid than an oxen! get it? tiger small fry kill for this bird. I know it seems hard for you to understand that a bird could kill your tiger. Tigers are cool i love em too. But this is reality. Do some more research on birds of prey and you wont be left wondering long. This was a giant giant killing bird. A Giant moa stood twice the height of a man! Can someone help me out with this guy?
adznz11 7 months ago
@adznz11 Hello?? In that time tigers also were big. The largest (the one we recognize as the Saber Tooth Tiger) is called Smilodon populator(estimated 200-400 kgs or 440-880 lbs) So, what are we talking about here? For God sake, bird can`t kill such a big mammal. With one paw punch in the face would rip head off of this bird. What the fuck is wrong with you? HELLOOO?!!!!
sagorevach 7 months ago
@sagorevach well first we not talking about a smilodon we are talking about a tiger. Second what do you mean that time? Saber toothed cats of every model died out a long long time ago with the large herbivores at the end of the ice age (mans fault again) Haasts died out with the extinction of the moa a long time after the maori found this island which isnt that long ago if that didnt happen it would still be here today. Bone records arnt that old. All we have of the smilodon family are fossils.
adznz11 7 months ago
@sagorevach I give up dude you win through shear stubbon ignorance. Yes a haasts giant eagle could not possibly kill the obviously all powerful tiger and its mighty one paw punch. You can go to sleep happy now that your ignorance over writes reality entirely. I would say i wish haasts was around to cleanse you of your ignorance but most likely you wouldnt see it coming and instant death is to kind for you. No it would be more fitting if you were mauled by the much slower killing tiger. The end
adznz11 7 months ago
@adznz11 I was just right and you were wrong. And if this shitty bird would be still alive today in my surrounding, I would never go out without a shotgun. Your bird would be roasted chicken in a second.
Now, you have been tamed by me. Now go to do some blowjob for homework
sagorevach 7 months ago
@sagorevach No you lose in the worst way. Wrong in reasoning. Wrong in fact. And it seems wrong in the head. Anyone who has a basic understanding of the two creatures or even predatory nature knows im right anyway. So i give up trying to teach you. You are a lost cause. If you couldnt tell i was being sarcastic above. Just go on living in your fantasy world where your poor comprehension of the world around you somehow translates to you somehow being right. Good luck with that aye. You'll need it
adznz11 7 months ago
@adznz11 better live in illusion than living in curved reallity like you. You are defeated in this debate so bye bye, and keep stinking :)
sagorevach 7 months ago
@sagorevach In what way have i been defeated please tell me? In hard fact i am right because i know the facts. You seem not to. or be willing to learn them. You have showen me little but emotion. That does not win a debate....facts do. In reasoning you are wrong because you dont have any knowledge of the facts of the subject to form proper reasoning as you have showen me or anyone none. It all comes back to the FACT that you cant win a reasonable argument without FACT or REASON.
adznz11 7 months ago
@sagorevach You have lost in everyway conceivable because it is a ridiculous claim to begin with that a tiger would come out on top in this situation. Whilst it is a superb predator its just in the wrong situation against this giant killing eagle. The only thing you have shown me is stubborn ignorance and delusion and that my friend does not win anything especially to yourself. Without desire to learn the truth we wont learn anything. That is truely the biggest loss you face sago
adznz11 7 months ago
@adznz11 I will explain when you calm yourself. I bet your blood presure is about 240/180. Drink some water and call me to teach you how tiger is stronger than this birdy bird
sagorevach 7 months ago
@adznz11 damn, you are going to have heartattack. I saw your comment meant for me but you replied to yourself haha. I can see you are pretty shaken about that tiger owns. example, human can`t avoid because he would be slow but tiger is a fucking cat and he is faster, where did you see or heard in wild that any eagle caught a little wild cat or something?? where?? fucking idiot. You are just angry because I confuted your new zaeland`s animal from top predator. now ,get over it for god sake!!!
sagorevach 6 months ago
@adznz11 That may be, but Wiki seems to suggest that the HE is an example of a bird becoming an apex predator because no mammal predators were around to fill the niche. That's often used as an explanation for non-placental apex predators, including some of the large, prehistoric (T.rew[ish] flightless birds from South America.
niflap 8 months ago
@niflap if you look two comments down i actually point that little truth out if you read it. Yes haasts would never have evolved too that size because the only reason it did in the first place is because unlike any other raptor it could afford to eat its kill on the ground for weeks without fear of any predator. And its prey was much to big to carry. If there where land predators there would be no haasts simple as that. This whole tiger v haasts thing is silly but dosnt change the facts
adznz11 8 months ago
@zethaw i would actually have to say hypothetically that in this case you would be wrong. If say tigers were here i would say the haasts would have considered it a prey option as all raptors there only limitation for prey is size and well our king bird here just didnt have that problem =) Knowing what i know of raptor behavior the tiger would have made the haasts day actually
adznz11 8 months ago
@zethaw wrong as ive said this raptor would have hunted tigers just like a hawk would take rabbits as well as ferrets. Size is a raptors ONLY handicap.....and this sucker killed moa! tiger = lunch option to this guy just like we did. However the only reason this bird could evolve to this size in the first place was lack of ANY ground predators. It took big prey cause it could just stay with it on ground for weeks without fear. So if tigers were here the would not be what they were.
adznz11 8 months ago
@zethaw king of sky = king of all under it. Look at it even in a military sense. Death from above mate you cant kill what you cat touch. And they can touch everything they want, Whenever they want, However they want, This would be no joke. I allways thought of it like this if you were a rabbit you got nearly every predator on your case big or small. But its most successful and most feared killer is not on land. The most terrifying killer you can imagine circles the sky above you. The poor maori
adznz11 8 months ago
Would have been nice if the title of this stated it was overdubbed in Spanish
candisuxxgood 1 year ago
Food Habits
Although regional and seasonal differences in food habits exist, golden eagle prey consists mostly of small mammals such as jackrabbits, cottontails, prairie dogs, and ground squirrels. A variety of birds and reptiles also have been recorded as prey. Nesting pairs or concentrations of juvenile birds can be a major cause of predation on local game bird populations. Golden eagles also readily eat carrion.
Interested Learn More Here/icwdm.org/handbook/birds/Eagles.asp
Baker603 1 year ago
Bitch got owned, DAMN NATURE YOU SCARY!
TehMoMoman 1 year ago
I wish this still exist
riekotz 1 year ago
@riekotz u mad?
cradiIy 1 year ago
Correction sorry: it's about 140 newton-seconds, not 500, but that will still break through skulls, easily. Even a 2-kg solid weight thrown at 100 km/hr would be deadly.
SkrPchr3 1 year ago
What a phenomonal animal, absolutley amazing!!
leastEsteemed 1 year ago
stupid
la626boyz 1 year ago
The bird @0:37 appears to be wearing sunglasses.
diaryofascholar 1 year ago 3
This couldn't happen. The Haast eagle was only slightly bigger than the Phillipine Eagle. The biggest were only 33 pounds. Not big enough to kill an adult.
MsZeitgeist85 1 year ago
@MsZeitgeist85
30 pounds for an eagle is enormous. It's not like a 30-pound lion or something. These things are much more deadly than their weight suggests.
There are modern-day golden eagles trained to hunt wolves, and they are tiny compared to Haast's eagles. If 30-pound Haast's can take down 500-pound moas, I can't see why humans would be much trouble.
SkrPchr3 1 year ago
@SkrPchr3 My Biology teacher is an expert on rapters and said that this video is a crock.
Also what you said about the golden eagle what those Mongolians in the videos don't tell you is that those wolves were raised domestically and don't know how to fight and many times the wolf will still overpower the eagle. That would never happen to a wild wolf. Remember birds have hollow bones so it is very easy to cripple them.
MsZeitgeist85 1 year ago
@MsZeitgeist85
The eagles don't just walk up to a prey and trade pecks with bites. It charges at 100 km/hour. Do the math--that equates to a momentum of 500 Newton-seconds for a 5-kg eagle! That will crack your skull, literally. Try this: go to a gym, pick up a 5 kg weight, now image that weight thrown at your head at 100 km/hr. Now imagine that there are sharp spikes on that 5 kg weight. I guarantee, you'll be dead if that happened.
SkrPchr3 1 year ago
@MsZeitgeist85
And why would the Mongolians raise domesticated wolves only to hunt them? Those are wild wolves that are eating their sheep, that's why they are hunting them.
Don't be surprised about the power of those eagles. They don't fight fairly. Normally, when you punch your opponent, you have to rely on your own strength to deliver the punch. But for an eagle, then can just charge from a distance and use that momentum to deliver a very strong hit. That's why they are so deadly.
SkrPchr3 1 year ago
@SkrPchr3 You're wrong...they do raise wolves for this purpose (small asiatic wolves weighing no more than 30 to 40 lbs. mind you)...they let them go and they run into wide open spaces where they are easily falconed usually by 2 or 3 birds at a time. It is more like a ritualized hunt than anything else. Check out more videos on youtube on the subject. In the wild, 1-on-1 these birds will be absolutely decimated by a medium-size adult male wolf. Some male grey wolves can weigh up to 190 lbs.!
rog27s 1 year ago
@SkrPchr3 You're wrong...they do raise wolves for this purpose (small asiatic wolves weighing no more than 30 to 40 lbs. mind you)...they let them go and they run into wide open spaces where they are easily falconed usually by 2 or 3 birds at a time. It is more like a ritualized hunt than anything else. Check out more videos on youtube on the subject. In the wild, 1-on-1 these birds will be absolutely decimated by a medium-size adult male wolf. Some male grey wolves can weigh up to 190 lbs.!
rog27s 1 year ago
@rog27s
The hunts are not for fun. They are to protect the sheep. When there are wild wolves running around killing your sheep, you don't have time to raise your own wolves so you could kill them for fun. Perhaps some falconeers do this to train their inexperienced eagles, but wild wolves do get hunted down.
Having said that, realize that the EAGLES aren't wild. They are HIGHLY trained. I don't think a wild eagle could beat a wolf.
SkrPchr3 1 year ago
@rog27s
Also, before we get too off-topic, the reasoning I brought up the subject of eagles hunting wolves is to show how much more powerful a Haast's eagle can be. Remember, Haast's eagles hunted 500-pound moas standing 12 feet tall. Do you think a human would stand a chance? It's one thing to argue that golden eagles can't beat wolves; it's another to argue that the giant Haast's eagles can't beat unarmed humans.
SkrPchr3 1 year ago
@SkrPchr3 I saw a video of what they do, is a tradition in Mongolia. Those wolves are 40 pounds underweight compared with a wild wolf that has the bite power of 480psi. A full grown grey wolf would tear that birds talons off before it knew what hit it.
I know someone that raises rapters that told me that the Haast Eagle could not hunt adult humans. The biggest they got was 33 pounds. They like to exagerate animals capabilitys like the show Monster Quest.
MsZeitgeist85 1 year ago
@MsZeitgeist85
How would a Haast eagle hunt 500-pound moas standing 10 feet tall? 30 pounds is huge for an eagle. You have to realize how eagles hunt: they don't walk up to a prey and try to have a pecking match. They hit the prey at 100 km/hr. The prey gets seriously injured or killed by that initial hit, and that's it--no chance to fight back. Sure, you could break the eagle if given the chance, but you don't have that chance. You are bleeding, crippled, and possibly dead already.
SkrPchr3 1 year ago
@MsZeitgeist85
I would say that an adult human armed with a large stick or club could fend off a Haast IF they saw the eagle coming at them. But if you get ambushed by it, don't expect to live. Eagles hunt large prey much like certain sharks hunting large seals: they ambush the prey with that initial strike, then they LEAVE you alone and let you die. They don't stick around to have a fist-fight with you. You might call it a hit-and-run. Seems kind of cowardly, but it works for them.
SkrPchr3 1 year ago
@SkrPchr3 The Moa bird is the easiest bird to kill they had no way to defend themselves. That is why natives in New Zeland hunted them to extinction. My Biology teacher said that the only time a large rapter would attack a human is if it was raised in captivity and was use to them. There is little if any record of this happening in the wild. There is also no evidence of them praying on adult humans. The last Haast Eagles were around 600 years ago.
MsZeitgeist85 1 year ago
@MsZeitgeist85
Think about the physics for a second: a 30-pound object with sharp talons striking at 100 km/hr. Even if a BLUNT object hits you at that speed, you will likely die. Imagine a bowling ball (10 pounds) thrown at 100 km/hr. Whatever human it hits will be dead or seriously hurt.
If they can kill creatures weighing 500 pounds standing over 10 feet tall, what's so different about a 150-pound 6-feet tall human that makes him/her immune to an attack? (assuming the human is unarmed)
SkrPchr3 1 year ago
@SkrPchr3 I have seen a model of this Eagle and it is no giant like the title says. The Stellar Sea Eagle is the heaviest Eagle today and there is no record of them attacking humans. The biggest Stellar was 28 pounds with a 8 ft wingspan. While the biggest Haast Eagle was 33 pounds with a 9 1/2 foot wingspan. If one that big would not even try an adult human the Haast would not have any luck with an adult human.
MsZeitgeist85 1 year ago
@MsZeitgeist85
Sea eagles are also usually weaker than terrestrial ones. The stellar sea eagle hunts fish, not ostriches. But Haast's eagles hunted moas twice as big as ostriches. You can't point to a modern-day eagle that hunts fish, and extrapolate that to conclude that the Haast's eagle (which hunts 500-pound moas) would behave the same way.
SkrPchr3 1 year ago
@SkrPchr3 The Steller has been known to hunt small seals on land, foxes, and even other Eagles. I wouldnt call that weak, I am going by what somebody that has worked with rapters for years says. Not some show that exagerates things for drama.
MsZeitgeist85 1 year ago
@MsZeitgeist85
That's weak compared to something that hunts creatures twice as big as ostriches. Think about it for a moment: imagine an ostrich-like monster weighing several hundred pounds and TOWERING over your roof, yet it falls prey to the Haast's eagle.
I've already asked this question, but you've avoided it: If it can kill 500-pound moas standing 12 feet tall, what is it about a 150-pound 6-feet tall human (unarmed) that makes him/her invulnerable?
SkrPchr3 1 year ago
@SkrPchr3 The history of the natives of New Zeland say that these Eagles went extinct 550-600 years ago. This is because the Moa went extinct and the the natives said they went after children but there is no historical record of them killing adult humans.
Like I said the Moa is basically a 10 foot turkey that is cannot defent itself, they were not hard to kill. This is just a show that exagerates like Monster Quest does.
MsZeitgeist85 1 year ago
@MsZeitgeist85
"No record of..." does not mean "never happened."
Humans are equally defenseless. We don't have protective shells, we don't sharp claws, we don't have sharp teeth. When a 30-pound sharp object hits you at 100 km/hour, what do you think would happen? (try to answer that question)
Golden eagles have been known to kill its handlers. If that's possible, then why is impossible for the much larger Haast's eagle to kill adult humans?
SkrPchr3 1 year ago
@MsZeitgeist85
And you still haven't answered my question regarding CLARIFYING your own point--are you saying that Haast's eagles...
1) COULD not kill humans
2) DID not kill humans
3) PROBABLY could/did not kill humans
Which is it? You've spent lots of words to defend your points, but you've avoided so many of my questions.
SkrPchr3 1 year ago
@MsZeitgeist85
Let's clarify our points before we go further: are you saying that Haast's eagles COULD NOT have hunted humans, or that they DID NOT hunt humans, or that PROBABLY it could or did not hunt humans? Which are you saying?
Personally, I'm saying that physically the Haast's COULD have killed unarmed humans, and that POSSIBLY humans were hunted. I can't rule out that possibility, can you?
SkrPchr3 1 year ago
@SkrPchr3 This is based on Maori folklore that said this Eagle carried away children which is impossable because birds can only carry 1/5 their weight.
MsZeitgeist85 1 year ago
@MsZeitgeist85 ????? There are raptors that can carry more then their weight - golden eagles can carry small goats and deer.
indrajeet 1 year ago
@indrajeet That is not carrying that is gliding. The fact is that raprots cannot lift more thant 1/5 their body weight.
MsZeitgeist85 1 year ago
@MsZeitgeist85 - Gliding is a form of flying! Conserving their energy in doing so Eagles and Vultures are expert on this with or w/o a prey, they ride the thermals and rarely flap their wings once airborne... Gliding while holding a large prey to their talons is called carrying or lifting.. taking an object from point A to point B needs to be lifted and eagles do this by gripping the prey and fly with it or glide with it with their wings of course. It's not dragging it in the air? carrying it!
Wallacetic 1 year ago
@MsZeitgeist85 you seem to have confused its wingspan with size. The haasts wasnt like any other eagle. It wasnt a glider but a sub canopy capable ACTIVE flyer (Flapper) thus it had very short wings for its size and a larger tail it had 40% larger body to wing ratio of other eagles and wieghed up to 16 kg Which may not sound heavy but for a highly manuverable hollow boned sub canopy hunting raptor is death for most things bar bull size up. With a hit force equivelent of a cinder block droped 25
adznz11 8 months ago
@MsZeitgeist85 meters and talons larger than tigers claws it most certainly could and did kill many adults. It was infact considerably larger in body, density and strength than the phillipine eagle. The devils in the detail. Especially with raptors. At the end of the day it killed moa....the larger moa stood twice the height of man errect. Kill moa= easily killed man.
adznz11 8 months ago
@adznz11 It may have killed 400# moas, but could it eat them b/4 they went bad? If not I don't see any advantage in killing prey that size unless they hunted as packs like extant harris hawks. Then, that may make sense. Prey too big to eat soon enough would take too much energy, unless the bird felt it so had it made that it didn't care.
niflap 8 months ago
@UNL34SHW4R I'M GUESSING YOU'RE JUST STUPID.
coltsrgay11 1 year ago
why did they have to kill such a hot woman at 4:35?!
question801 1 year ago
an eagle in albania has been killed from a hunter ...her head was bigger than e human head..and her body was 1m:30cm..hear wing her twice bigger than human ..thats why ..the world call the albania as the land of the eagles...on the mountain there r hundreids and they can kill even a human,,,i love eagles
1996sasori 1 year ago
@1996sasori do you have any links to your stiry or something like that sounds interesting >??
aviles1323 1 year ago
@UNL34SHW4R Yes they are... holy shit, bro....
WildlifeSeriaLKiller 1 year ago
Que tríste, gracias a la estupidéz humana estas maravillosas e impresionantes especies animales se han extinguído.
PATRIENIX 1 year ago
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gerhold101 1 year ago
wikipedia is not fact, its 'common understanding' , every entry someone makes alters it, weather right or wrong.
Spacefolders 1 year ago
hmmmm there is no evidence that haast eagle preayed on humans in fact there is evidence of comlete opposite that humans killed haast eagle. read wikipedia
gooddarkjedi 1 year ago
indians where in america first but yet white people wiped them out but yet i am also white i do not like the history of violence
rob73069 1 year ago
its very sad that they dont exist anymore
fumfulapenguin 1 year ago
@fumfulapenguin i agree. i like eagles a lot and this one would have been a miracle to have seen alive.
freagle7 1 year ago
@fumfulapenguin so they can eat you
fcukupayme93 1 year ago
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Grantrus71 1 year ago
the bird is beautiful
jameslo93 1 year ago
hopw tyey don't extinct like rest of the birds on the planet
maxinpains 1 year ago
the harpy eagle looks good in this film because it shows how powerful it is being as one of the largest eagles. and haast eagle wouldn't have been any different. haast eagles were huge forest eagles that used trees as cover to attack prey. i just wish this eagle was alive. moas were its main food source. and they both were alive human would have less chance of getting attacked. this bird's strength would surely knock out a child or even the biggest moa of its feet.
freagle7 1 year ago
it is sad when we find out that so wonderful animal is extinct ;/
TheHuzzarr 1 year ago
I dont think the haast eagle hunts on the Megalania. Does it?
kannddaa 1 year ago
@kannddaa Megalania died off 40,000 years ago... in Australia.
HydraulicSquig 1 year ago
Haasts eagle would have been a good standin for Turu the pterannodactyl!
niflap 2 years ago
kewl
BOGZASV8MA 2 years ago
actually in 1908 the last one disappeared read up on it they where real
ji9mpopin 2 years ago
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fake, fake, fake, look at the shadow of the eagle ;-)
syncopio 2 years ago
Did you not read the caption? The bird is extinct.
tedpm206 2 years ago 2
And what would you expect?! This eagle is long been extinct almost 500 yrs.
Of course the Haast's eagle in the footage is not real, Its a reconstructed video just to have an idea how it looks like.
Wallacetic 2 years ago
strangely looks exactly like the Harpy Eagle...
howsyourcheese 2 years ago
its not related to the Harpy eagle but evolved a similar shape for a similar landscape (attacking through a dense tree canopy) ... they probably used images of the harpy as a subsitute rather thn create an entire new cgi "monster"
Valen123456 2 years ago
why do we yet again got to bring something down to race... that is the only disgrace
DozaDMN 2 years ago
we will never know peaple say they see strange animals from the begin of live so we will never know if its real
Xcnwolf 2 years ago
but there have been many reports of the wedge tailed eagle reaching a 3 meter wingspan. So would that make it just as big as the haasts
metalfreind 2 years ago
just kidding
metalfreind 2 years ago
what, haasts eagles only grew upto 2.4 - 3m. I should know i have one in my backyard. they are not extinct.
metalfreind 2 years ago
to all the people hating Maori please think before you post......hunting is and was a human trait.....no matter what race, all Humans hunted something in order to live...it has only been in the last century that we have been concerned about conservation.....yes it is a shame that Maori hunted Moa to extinction but if everybody was to be ashamed about what their ancestors did 400 years ago, this would be one sorry world.....We learn and appreciate them, not blame each other on who did what. Peace
gesshu 2 years ago
kinda annoying with 2 story tellers
Either use english or Spanish is better than both
StoneTitan 2 years ago
new zealand would be so muh better off if moaris died out insted of these birds
DeathSledge 2 years ago
why? didnt know we still had alot of racism in nz
meanaye 2 years ago
becuase giant eagles dont steal, they dont have gangs and they dont need hand outs.
DeathSledge 2 years ago
every race in new zealand does all those sorts of things...its not a matter of race...your just racist!! im maori and i dont do any of those things.
meanaye 2 years ago
@muslim1700 what is happening nowadays is nothing different to whats happened before with our planet its just a cycle the earth goes through every million years or so and animals disapear because thy cant all adapt. circle of life
foxy358 2 years ago