Do you know how big a golden eagle can be? These majestic birds - Aquila chrysaetos - inhabit various regions of the Northern Hemisphere, including Europe, Asia, North America and North Africa, and can have wingspans between 1.5 and 2.5 meters, weigh up to 12 pounds and measure about a meter long.

(The IBC Internet Bird Collection / Gunnar Pettersson)

Bald eagles are birds of prey that usually feed mainly on other birds, bats, spiders, reptiles and various classes of rodents, but do not dispense with larger animals such as deer, foxes and wolves - and, as you will see below, there are exemplars who are not intimidated by even more robust creatures! That's because, during a bird performance in Kyrgyzstan, a golden eagle was caught attacking an eight-year-old girl. Watch the scene below:

Jeez!

See the size of the eagle? Being attacked by one of these animals should be no joke, no! According to the staff of the El País news portal, the incident took place during a lakeside festival called Issyk-Kul in the eastern part of the country, when the girl broke into the area that had been restricted only for the performance. hawk - look there, the boundless kids getting ready again!

The eagle trainer who attacked the girl explained that she has been working with the bird for 15 years and that she had never assaulted a human before. He also explained that the bird clearly had no intention of hunting the girl, otherwise the attack would have been much worse since the animal could even have killed the child. In the end, the situation was controlled by the professionals and, beyond the fright, the "invader" came out of trouble with light scratches on the back, head and arms and some stitches. What about the girl's parents in this story? Who knows...

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