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Golden Eagle Attacks Cameraman

Submitted by on December 23, 2009 – 1:55 am22 Comments
Golden Eagle Attacks Cameraman

Golden Eagle Attacks Cameraman by Shamil Zhumatov

OUCH! Sometimes being a cameraman is dangerous work!

Here a Golden Eagle attacks a cameraman during an annual hunting competition in Chengelsy Gorge, Kazakhstan.

When it snows on the steppes of eastern Kazakhstan, hunters saddle up and gallop off with eagles on their arms in search of prey. Many in Kazakhstan see eagle hunting as a symbol of their nation’s nomadic past and a throwback to an oft-romanticised era before these steppes turned into a geopolitical battleground between competing regional powers Russia and China.

You can see the rest of the pictures from the Kazakhstan Eagle Hunt on Stuff.co.nz. Just to let you know, there are a few photos of the eagle capturing a rabbit.

Golden Eagle Attacks Cameraman

Golden Eagle Attacks Cameraman by Shamil Zhumatov

If you liked this post, check out the video on How To Escape From A Golden Eagle!


  • robertahynes

    Wow! These images really illustrate just how large an Eagle is! Amazing!

  • John

    Shame it's not an Egg thief or one of the retarded people who poison.

  • http://northwestnaturalmoments.blogspot.com/ Bern

    Perfect photos. I have had several bald eagles almost scalp me when I was walking the shorelines of the Aleutian Islands and happened upon nesting eagles on sea stacks. They certainly can be very protective.

  • John

    Shame it's not an Egg thief or one of the retarded people who poison.

  • http://northwestnaturalmoments.blogspot.com/ Bern

    Perfect photos. I have had several bald eagles almost scalp me when I was walking the shorelines of the Aleutian Islands and happened upon nesting eagles on sea stacks. They certainly can be very protective.

  • dean

    That bird had its reason!

  • dave

    hahahalol

  • gfh

    i would litterally kill to see that.

  • dipak

    fantastic photo. prity photographer…………………

  • Ryds4fun

    what's even funnier is that there was another person there who decided to take photos instead of helping!! hahaha!!

  • Goldeneagle15904

    TOLD ya I didn't like pictures!

  • Gold~Eagle

    Ha! This rules! It's normal for an eagle's behaviour! Humans are always like “Can we find the reason why animals attack humans?” and I'm like “WTF?!?! Just because we walk on 2 legs, talk, wear clothes and build cities, doesn't mean that animals don't have the right to attack us!!!” GEESH!!! The eagle had his/her's reason! DUH!!

  • PmdCidH

    poor camera

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  • Tanker48

    go eagle kick that Asians ass

  • http://profiles.google.com/rcannon829 Robert Cannon

    I want one, train it to wipe out the annoying little yapper dogs around my house.

  • Hubblegraphics

    WTF….it’s okay too hunt an eagle but not have it defend itself.
    Top of the food chain, Eagles only preditor is man!

  • Anonymous

    I knew Golden Eagles were Huge, but not that HUGE, wow, looks like it’s trying to lift him off!!

  • EB-camerman

    i would have killed that beast if my own private camera got broken…

  • Cqacaa

    MY LEFT NUT WAS INJURED ON THAT ATTACK

  • Lemayrenee

    I have look for real information on these two photos for some  time. The photos do not make sense to me for these reasons:
    This man is not a falconer since he would not be so stupid to hold the leash of a Golden without a glove.
    This man is not a videographer, if he were he would be dressed for the weather. No photographer that has this type of equipment would be out in the weather without a hat, gloves and an appropriate coat. He does seem to have appropriate boots.
    If he is not a falconer or a cameraman why is he out in the elements holding the leash of a Golden?
    Who’s Golden is it? Why would a falconer relinquish his charge to this man who is obviously not responsible to have control of the eagle.
    Falconers DO NOT loan, give, or allow anyone to handle their charge!
    If you can give me any real information on these photos I would appreciate it.