Golden eagle takes photographer's knife (© Han Bouwmeester)

Here's an amazing shot of the world's toughest eagle

5/11/2012

As if gigantic golden eagles aren't menacing enough, this one's carrying a knife. The foreboding image, taken in Sweden, of this rough-riding raptor is courtesy of a butterfingered wildlife photographer. He had been cutting meat to lure the birds when he dropped the blade in the snow. The bird took advantage of the fumble. "I was happy with the absolutely cracking and unique picture," Dutch photographer Han Bouwmeester told the U.K.'s Daily Mail. "The eagle is holding it exactly as we [do]. What a crazy, once-in-a-lifetime moment this was."

 

 

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