Bird Schools Fox on Dinosaur Ancestry

Not long ago, I posted pictures of an eagle taking on a Saiga deer.  This time it’s an Australian wedge tailed eagle carrying off a fox.  These birds also have a reputation for attacking hang-gliders and paragliders.

Check out the legs on this female taking off from nest:

(Photo: http://www.flagstaffotos.com.au/ )

 

It kind of makes me think of Rodan, “the giant monster of the sky,” in the 1956 science fiction movie.  Rodan was a flying dinosaur that could destroy everything in its path with beak, talon, or sonic boom.

Or, uh, wait, I’m a wildlife writer.  What I mean to say is, “Gee, what a beautiful bird.”