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Kingofalldems

(38,459 posts) Wed Dec 24, 2014, 03:05 PM Dec 2014

Ever wonder how big an eagle talon is?

Surprised the heck out of me.

https://twitter.com/Earthepixxx/status/547806495996641280

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Ever wonder how big an eagle talon is? (Original Post) Kingofalldems Dec 2014 OP

w0w Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2014 #1

Yeah, thanks for posting that BTW. Kingofalldems Dec 2014 #2

no prob. thing is frickin huge! Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2014 #3

Yeah, wow. Scuba Dec 2014 #4

Dang! k&r Little Star Dec 2014 #5

Cut your nails, Eagle. bigwillq Dec 2014 #6

4,374 - 4,440mm bluedigger Dec 2014 #7

have seen 'em first-hand, up close, several times. Huge! lastlib Dec 2014 #8

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)

1. w0w

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Wed Dec 24, 2014, 03:24 PM

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Kingofalldems

(38,459 posts)

2. Yeah, thanks for posting that BTW.

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Wed Dec 24, 2014, 03:28 PM

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Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)

3. no prob. thing is frickin huge!

Reply to Kingofalldems (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 24, 2014, 03:37 PM

Dec 2014

O_O

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

4. Yeah, wow.

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Wed Dec 24, 2014, 03:38 PM

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Little Star

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5. Dang! k&r

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Wed Dec 24, 2014, 03:52 PM

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bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

6. Cut your nails, Eagle.

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Wed Dec 24, 2014, 03:53 PM

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bluedigger

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7. 4,374 - 4,440mm

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Wed Dec 24, 2014, 05:23 PM

Dec 2014

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Talon

I had to look it up, though, so it doesn't really count.

lastlib

(23,250 posts)

8. have seen 'em first-hand, up close, several times. Huge!

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2014, 07:28 PM

Dec 2014

Have a Native American friend who actually possesses some (legally). Dayum, I don't want to get hooked by those! Once watched an exhibit of a live bald eagle being given a live fish to feed on. The fish flopped a couple times on the ground, the eagle pounced on it from a perch, and latched on with those deadly claws, and, with its beak, started ripping that fish to shreds. Them's bad-ass birds when they wanna be!

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