tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post513244086321277247..comments2024-03-18T08:42:14.224+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: The Erne From The CoastLabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-11919086116515672332011-08-27T08:51:59.866+00:002011-08-27T08:51:59.866+00:00Julia, it's a matter of opportunity. If prey ...Julia, it's a matter of opportunity. If prey is available, it'll be taken, and bears killing sheep and wolves attacking children also was an urban myth, until the idiots reintroduced them on the continent, and suddenly, livestock gets savaged by the herd and small kids end up fending off packs of wolves with Ipods sounds on the way home in the evening.<br /><br />And it's ever so easy for people to not realise the threat (or not know about it) and instead of a prizewinning goose sunning itself on the garden lawn, it'll be someones baby next, given that the eagle already is scanning people's gardens for prey. <br /><br />Even if you sit right next to your child, there is a non-zero chance that he'll make a clean snatch and you will not have a chance to stop it. Of course you can keep your small kids indoors or under a cage instead, but I think it's easier to just jail the eagles in the zoo.Hexe Froschbeinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-21536651284872795902011-08-25T16:59:49.118+00:002011-08-25T16:59:49.118+00:00Eagles carrying away babies is an urban myth.
Unf...Eagles carrying away babies is an urban myth.<br /><br />Unfortunately. Or releasing flocks of them around some of our less salubrious housing estates could prove interesting!JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-73531680365674187642011-08-25T12:28:34.178+00:002011-08-25T12:28:34.178+00:00I don't know whether they take toddlers, but t...I don't know whether they take toddlers, but they certainly make short work of lambs, and not just new-borns either.<br /><br />Babies I have no doubt would be easy meat if left available; I suppose it's only a matter of time before some ned-mother takes the risk.Weekend Yachtsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262853091154005651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-20047409582024666182011-08-25T09:38:35.081+00:002011-08-25T09:38:35.081+00:00Mistake 1: Forgetting the meaning of your first na...Mistake 1: Forgetting the meaning of your first name.<br /><br />Mistake 2: Leaving your other animals unprotected with the eagle whilst you retreat inside.<br /><br />Mistake 3: Chasing dangerous varmint without a useful weapon or a clue and getting shredded. He was very lucky btw, the eagle could easily have caused more serious hurt.<br /><br />Mistake 4: Letting the varmint get away alive whilst helping out the human vermin that released it.<br /><br />I guess this lesson on what happens when you pick up a cat by the tail has not been learned. Maybe it will, once the eagle starts picking up tasty babies from prams or random toddlers (less trouble than a goose and more meat on it too for the same weight..)Hexe Froschbeinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-24817399868760305752011-08-24T21:58:13.789+00:002011-08-24T21:58:13.789+00:00Different world to mine, Laban.Different world to mine, Laban.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-73842084656300785522011-08-24T08:16:07.826+00:002011-08-24T08:16:07.826+00:00"He went inside to phone the RSPB, a partner ...<i>"He went inside to phone the RSPB, a partner in the reintroduction project..."</i><br /><br />So they could issue it with an ASBO?JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com