
Eagle takes out drone
Watch an eagle in this video spot the drone, launch from its aerie and mercilessly take it out
August 13, 2015 by CanadianManufacturing.com Staff
MELBOURNE, Australia—There continues to be a lot of controversy over when and where people can fly small, unmanned aerial vehicles. But where regulators have failed to control the technology we commonly called drones, a wedge-tailed eagle in Australia has taken matters into its own talons.
The wedge-tail, which according to Wikipedia is the largest bird of prey in Australia has a 2.27-metre wingspan and is about 1.06-metres long.
Watch the eagle in this video spot the drone, launch from its aerie and mercilessly take it out. for such a large bird, it moves fast: