Don't Fuss With Your Zipper in Front of an Eagle

This picture was taken during a bird show at Alice Springs Desert Park in Australia last week. This wedge-tailed eagle (which can have a wingspan of over nine feet) was apparently annoyed by a kid messing with the zipper on his hoodie and he attacked, trying to carry him away, but park staff saved him. The kid suffered minor injuries.

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Not the sharpest photo but lucky just to snap it. At a nature park in Alice Springs we decided to go to a bird show the young boy in the green kept pulling his zipper up and down. For some reason the Wedge Tailed Eagle did not like it and instead of flying over to the log he is meant to for a photo opportunity he flew straight at the young boy. The show was quickly cancelled and the boy taken off to first aid. Those talons are huge he was a very lucky young boy.

A post shared by Chris | Australia Rural Vic (@55chris) on Jul 10, 2016 at 3:47am PDT