An Australian drone operator found that out
the hard way when a wedge-tailed eagle body slammed his high-tech toy out of
the sky.
Adam Lancaster, who
shot the footage, said: ‘This is the last thing a small bird sees when a
Wedge-Tailed Eagle decides that you are dinner.
‘Eagle was fine – she was massive, and used
talons to ‘punch’ the drone out of the sky.
‘Hung around overhead so I got a really good
look.
‘Do not fly drones near birds of prey, they
clearly attack seeing you as a threat or the right sized dinner
‘This will cost you money and potentially
harm to the bird. This one was fine. The drone needed some attention before it
could fly again.’
What did he learn from the episode?
‘If you see a bird of prey while flying.
Land,’ he said.
No comments:
Post a Comment