You can't expect us to believe that when a bowl of petunias can think a thought like "oh no not again" before it hits the ground moments after coming into existence.
I once worked for a guy that was one of the world's foremost falconers. He said the "mating for life" thing is one of the biggest misunderstandings in nature. Sure, they raise chicks with one another, but for the other eight months of the year, they absolutely hate each other lol.
Also when they did genetic tests of all hatchlings raised by a number of “mated for life” swans, they discovered there was an unexpected amount of cheating going on, and a number of cygnets being raised by daddy swans they weren’t related to.
With breakups. Jackie and Shadow are a famous bald eagle pair who’ve been nesting together for a few years now, and they got together when Shadow kicked out Jackie’s old mate.
Follow the nesting of an osprey couple during spring time. It's interesting. One spring the male of this old couple had returned early when some skanky hoe mated with him and laid eggs in their old nest. Oh boy what a shit show it was when his long time partner got home from Africa few weeks late.
If you hate your partner this much, get a divorce (not saying you do, just general advice). This thing that people feel like marriage sucks and they hate their spouse is just sad at this point.
If it's bad for years sure. But advice I was given was "in a marriage you fall in and out of love. The key is not to fall out at the same time" which I think is pretty reasonable.
Sure, love evolves, ebbs and flows, but that's not what we're talking about. It's this boomer humor of constantly hating on your marriage and complaining about your partner.
Well if you listen to reddit if your spouse leaves their shoes on the porch once instead of the shoe rack you have to divorce them and hit the gym. Just said it for anyone who might need some sanity
They don't spend time together and don't really want anything to do with one another. They live alone, but will fight, steal food, and chase one another away. Until it's time to mate again.
Yeah but I’m pretty sure that first eagle accidentally dropped it and the second one just barely held onto it. The fish was barely hanging by a talon there.
Sort of. If there's a balanced population of males and females, they tend to pick lifelong nest mates. But in eagle populations that are female-heavy, you'll see polyandrous tendencies.
I think there is a breeding pair near me. A park I walk a dog I got 2 years ago has a sign about a bald eagle nest. The trail went right under it, and it was closed parts of the year. Two weeks ago I saw 5 bald eagles flaying around the river the park is along. It was amazing, and I think I saw two mate. Hoping they will be back in the same nest or make one close by. Will be checking it out as much as I can this winter and spring.
Well said, the nature footage they have now where it's super close up high resolution movie quality shots of creatures and environments that none of us have seen before shouldn't just become old hat, it's a treat to have them.
A few years ago I was taking my dog for a walk and we come across this massive pile of feathers. We stop for a sec trying to figure out what happened, I look up, and above us is a bald eagle sitting atop a power line just going to town on some kind of large white bird, maybe a gull. The dog and I cross the street and just watch for like 10-15 minutes as the eagle finishes plucking this bird and starts to chow down. It was an awesome experience.
Eagles actually do this fairly regularly. They'll also let their kids "steal" fish from them to teach them how to steal them from other birds. I've seen eagles snatch a fish right from an osprey's talons. They're kind of assholes tbh.
But seriously, they have insane grip strength and their talons are no joke. Far more likely that he let it go intentionally rather than a fish of this size happening to successfully struggle free.
The male probably stole it from an Osprey. These "symbolic" birds are notorious scavengers and opportunistic thieves and they squawk like strangled chickens.
Credits to the photographer Decker Nomura (@lionsbrow94 on IG)
Captured at Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Photographer’s caption suggested it was a son eagle throwing the fish to dad eagle, but could’ve been just a funny caption & he didn’t know if they were a pair or not.
It's amazing how this simple mid-air pass is built on a lifetime of partnership. That "idk, fish?" moment is basically their version of a grocery run, just way more impressive. The trust and coordination required is honestly breathtaking. Nature's teamwork goals right there.
This may sound soooooo dumb as fuuuuck but I always looked at bald eagles and was like "yep, male birds" and never considered that there is a female bald eagle.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH" Fish
"Hey, I can see my house!"
Fish don't know what water is.
You can't expect us to believe that when a bowl of petunias can think a thought like "oh no not again" before it hits the ground moments after coming into existence.
Well, they were a bowl of petunias this time 'round...
I understood that reference ☝🏼🤓
It sounds familiar to me. Is it hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy?
SOURCE?
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r/thatsthejoke
FREEDOO…fuck
Fish: Lesgoo, i saved my life from the claws of this evil eagle.
lands in another eagle's claws
Fish: Well, nevermind
Saved? More like under new management
The ol nest gonna be a rockin tonight after that assist!
Was thinking “not again”.
With a nod in the direction of Douglass Adams.
that's clearly a football
The way the tossed the fish is really something worth seeing
Eagles breed for life.
So it makes sense for them to take care of each other like this.
I once worked for a guy that was one of the world's foremost falconers. He said the "mating for life" thing is one of the biggest misunderstandings in nature. Sure, they raise chicks with one another, but for the other eight months of the year, they absolutely hate each other lol.
Also when they did genetic tests of all hatchlings raised by a number of “mated for life” swans, they discovered there was an unexpected amount of cheating going on, and a number of cygnets being raised by daddy swans they weren’t related to.
Could also be rape, like with ducks. That would make sense, given the relation and all
Curly-dicked assholes!
I mean, of course considering how many gay swan couples mate for life. It’s a bit hard for both dads to be the biological fathers of a cygnet…
So it's just marriage.
With breakups. Jackie and Shadow are a famous bald eagle pair who’ve been nesting together for a few years now, and they got together when Shadow kicked out Jackie’s old mate.
Glad someone can't just kick me out from my own marriage.
*so far
Hopefully you continue on that streak, dude, because it's 100% a thing that can happen.
Follow the nesting of an osprey couple during spring time. It's interesting. One spring the male of this old couple had returned early when some skanky hoe mated with him and laid eggs in their old nest. Oh boy what a shit show it was when his long time partner got home from Africa few weeks late.
If you hate your partner this much, get a divorce (not saying you do, just general advice). This thing that people feel like marriage sucks and they hate their spouse is just sad at this point.
That requires Bird Law
They have legal eagle now
If it's bad for years sure. But advice I was given was "in a marriage you fall in and out of love. The key is not to fall out at the same time" which I think is pretty reasonable.
Sure, love evolves, ebbs and flows, but that's not what we're talking about. It's this boomer humor of constantly hating on your marriage and complaining about your partner.
Well if you listen to reddit if your spouse leaves their shoes on the porch once instead of the shoe rack you have to divorce them and hit the gym. Just said it for anyone who might need some sanity
Don't forget going to therapy
Sad boomer take :(
wait what do you mean "absolutely hate each other"???
They don't spend time together and don't really want anything to do with one another. They live alone, but will fight, steal food, and chase one another away. Until it's time to mate again.
haha wow. I had no idea.
Outside nestmaking and chick raising ... they have separate vacations.
Yeah but I’m pretty sure that first eagle accidentally dropped it and the second one just barely held onto it. The fish was barely hanging by a talon there.
Ask any
racerhunter, any real hunter. It don’t matter if you win by an inch or by a mile. Winning is winning.I skipped the cars and the race and just hit the nos 😭
Female bald eagle's are significantly bigger so she was probably there as backup for heavy freight.
Agreed no way they are risking losing that catch.
The first one releases it into the second one's flight path.
Dude, these are siblings..
Eagles also sibling for life, so it works either way.
What if they get a divorce?
2 Christmases!!
Then they are no longer siblings.
Sweet home Alabama?
Sort of. If there's a balanced population of males and females, they tend to pick lifelong nest mates. But in eagle populations that are female-heavy, you'll see polyandrous tendencies.
Mate for life is the phrase you meant friend
I think there is a breeding pair near me. A park I walk a dog I got 2 years ago has a sign about a bald eagle nest. The trail went right under it, and it was closed parts of the year. Two weeks ago I saw 5 bald eagles flaying around the river the park is along. It was amazing, and I think I saw two mate. Hoping they will be back in the same nest or make one close by. Will be checking it out as much as I can this winter and spring.
We take this kind of footage for granted. Absolutely incredible.
Majestic as all Fuck. So lucky to be able to see things like this.
Well said, the nature footage they have now where it's super close up high resolution movie quality shots of creatures and environments that none of us have seen before shouldn't just become old hat, it's a treat to have them.
r/usernamechecksout
That's just showing off
Power couple
Fish be like
Holy shit this is perfect, thank you for the chuckle
Brings me back to the horizon.
Bae what do you wanna eat?
Idk fish?
Catch.
Next time my wife can’t decide what to eat I’m going to knuckleball a Big Mac at her and see if eagles are on to something.
added difficulty level
She has to catch it with her feet
Calm down QT.
I’d say a fastball instead of a knuckleball and straight into her mouth.
Just like at Pike Place Fish Market.
I get that reference!
What a bald move
I wonder if Cotton was suprised it paid off?
Either way, very talonted of them to be able to do this.
Better throw than Jalen Hurts of, of course, the Eagles. 🤷🤷🏈🏈
Also a better catch than AJ Brown.
Insert "Unlike Agholor" reference here
The fish - I’m finally released… ohhh, crap nevermind!
"that's f**kin teamwork" ~Tenacious D
What's your favorite dish?
That's cool with me, it's not my favorite, but I'll catch for you
What's your favorite fish?*
I’m not gonna make it but I’ll order it from ZANZIBAR’S!
You can say fuck on Reddit
Fuck
Fuck fuck Ducky
A few years ago I was taking my dog for a walk and we come across this massive pile of feathers. We stop for a sec trying to figure out what happened, I look up, and above us is a bald eagle sitting atop a power line just going to town on some kind of large white bird, maybe a gull. The dog and I cross the street and just watch for like 10-15 minutes as the eagle finishes plucking this bird and starts to chow down. It was an awesome experience.
Just stop adding annoying music to every clip. Thank you
It makes it seem like a very american documentary. Just needs a dramatic voice and some extra cuts too.
Me watching the Eagles game
That’s a shovel pass
Those are both males folks
Scrolled way too far down to see this.
Fish: I'm freeeeeeeee... Oh, crap
I’m freeeeee, ahh god dammit! 🐟
Fly eagles fly 🦅
Great catch, better than Kelce :/
They were raised at Pike's Place Market.
Mid -air refueling
Looks more like he dropped it than passed it, no?
Eagles actually do this fairly regularly. They'll also let their kids "steal" fish from them to teach them how to steal them from other birds. I've seen eagles snatch a fish right from an osprey's talons. They're kind of assholes tbh.
Oh, that's so cool. Thanks for sharing that cool eagle fact.
It was a forward motion. Counts as a pass.
Correct
No
But seriously, they have insane grip strength and their talons are no joke. Far more likely that he let it go intentionally rather than a fish of this size happening to successfully struggle free.
Amazinggg!! 🔥
The bird equivalent of winning your date a stuffed animal at the fair.
Stay muted, fam. Music is like the home screen audio of some shitty off-label pirated pirate movie scored by Hams Zipper
This could be us but you playin
nature is freaking lit
New strategy to pick up women.
I'm going to drive by and yeet big macs at them with my phone number on it
wish me luck.
Couple goals
When you and your partner are so in sync, nothing can go wrong.
“Air to air refuelling”
The male probably stole it from an Osprey. These "symbolic" birds are notorious scavengers and opportunistic thieves and they squawk like strangled chickens.
Original air refueling
That was fucking dope. “Here babe”. What a stud. He’s getting his feathers ruffled tonight in the nest.
It would be even more amazing if it weren't AI
You’re right, this is most likely AI, has a lot of really wonky textures and an oddly matte look 9 seconds in. Water drops spawn out of nowhere too
You know what, the music doesn't even bother me. The eagles deserve it!
Mid air acrobatics
Ow.
so cool
And sometimes he misses and we end up with a massive power outage.
Looked just like when that one eagle passed Bilbo to the other one when they were saving the party of Thorin Oakenshield from Azog the Defiler.
“Heads up”
The eagles definition of a dinner date
That's a Power couple right there
That's so cool, is there a certain reason?
"Just fucking eat me already!"
passes My ass! He dropped it.
"I'm freeeeeee... Fuck."
that’s me and my husband in costco
Teamwork
What's worse for a fish than being caught by an eagle?
Being caught by two eagles
Thanks babe
The f*ing music. WTF? Yeah, I know I can turn it down but is this just the new normal?
Here's your weekly child support.
That fish though it was free for a second there
“Hey girl, I gotchu something. . .”
She almost dropped the mfer
What is wuv?
Twue wuv?
They said don’t play with your food.
Credits to the photographer Decker Nomura (@lionsbrow94 on IG)
Captured at Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Photographer’s caption suggested it was a son eagle throwing the fish to dad eagle, but could’ve been just a funny caption & he didn’t know if they were a pair or not.
No I'm not hungry*
Next minute 'okay here have this fish, I'll go get another for myself "
Birds of Prey Know They’re Cool
Shit, I can toss a package of bacon 30 feet into my shopping cart.
Bald Eagle Alley Oop
"How many times have I got to tell you, stop playing with your food!"
Talent
They have the eyes of an eagle
It's amazing how this simple mid-air pass is built on a lifetime of partnership. That "idk, fish?" moment is basically their version of a grocery run, just way more impressive. The trust and coordination required is honestly breathtaking. Nature's teamwork goals right there.
Is there anything birds can't do???
How I met your mother
Nature's version of throwing snacks at your wife when she's hangry
Your last moments being a bonding moment between two lovers. Nature is metal.
This may sound soooooo dumb as fuuuuck but I always looked at bald eagles and was like "yep, male birds" and never considered that there is a female bald eagle.
Maybe I just need to wake up, I'm groggy atm..
He knows that if he wants to keep her happy he has to share his food with her
Please accept this dead fish, with my affection
I can just image the person filming this going 'AHH OMG OMG I GOT THAT ON VIDEO OMG WTF THIS IS AMAZING AAAAHHHH I LOVE MY LIFE'
Fish pissed itself
Eagle catch is the hottest new sport in 2025
Go birds!
Get you someone who is as synched to you as this eagle is to his boo. 😌🦅
I wonder if the eagle is thinking: "Hell yeah, good catch!"
Equality...
In a different universe, eagles watch videos of humans throwing their keys to each other.
Dude the fish straight pissed itself when it realizes it’s caught again 😂🤣
r/praisethecameraman
She always nags him when he flys with an open cold fish.
Oh no I’m doomed.
Oh yay, freeeeeeeeeedom!
Oh no I’m doomed…
the fish probably.
Hells yeah! ‘Mrica!
Wow
Pffff, I can do that
And my mom never let me built a gravy dam with my mashed potatoes.
This clip makes its to the list of top 5 clips out there easily..🥶🥶
So predatorish
Saubere Übergabe 💪
Meanwhile I just missed my mouth when trying to have a sip of water.
Some species are clearly more majestic than others.
This should be advertising for America, like this is easily more badass than golfing or something
The beauty of nature never seems to disappoint me.
oldest business in the world
That was epic !!
Be still, my heart. Now *that's* a man!!!
Amazing !
If Tobias was a bald eagle
People with a foot fetish watching this rn
anyone else curious how this bot poster can tell the difference between a male and female eagle from afar?
How interesting that dinosaurs evolved into eagles, kazuáries, storks, turkeys, pidgeon, finches and hummingbirds ....
How she sees it
Relationship goals
AJ Brown in his canoe just furious
Talon show
😍😍😍😍😍😍