This doesn't look good for the Cheetah...absolutely amazing what that hawk is capable of...
Hawk vs Cheetah
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This doesn't look good for the Cheetah...absolutely amazing what that hawk is capable of...
Sure looks like AI?
Could be, but those hawks are tough.
Ya, hard to believe. but when I was working at a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, I watched an eagle fly off with a big 10–11 pound bass with ease.
No, I think @Havasu is correct, I stand corrected...from Google AI...
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No, a hawk absolutely cannot lift a cheetah; hawks typically carry prey only up to their own body weight (a few pounds at most), while cheetahs weigh 75-140 pounds, making it physically impossible for any hawk, even the largest eagle, to lift one, though large raptors might attack very small kittens or puppies.
Why Hawks Can't Lift a Cheetah:
- Weight Limits: Hawks are built light for flight, with hollow bones, and generally can only carry prey up to their own body weight, which is usually only a few pounds (e.g., 1-5 lbs).
- Cheetah Size: A cheetah is a large, powerful mammal weighing many times what a hawk can lift.
- Physical Impossibility: Even massive eagles, like the extinct Haast's Eagle (the only bird big enough to potentially hunt large prey like moa), couldn't lift a cheetah, let alone a modern hawk.
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I could look in my photos and find a rattler hanging on an electric fence wire 5 ft up.
It I didn’t crawl up there itself.
Seen many hawks carrying snakes.
It I didn’t crawl up there itself.
Seen many hawks carrying snakes.
Yeah, wikipedia says they can carry rodents, snakes, and small kittens and puppies, but not somthing several times it's weight.
This makes me wonder where we will go with technology. Currently, we can use drones to chase herds to where we can shoot them, and I have to imagine this technology will only get more widespread as we move forward. I once wanted to write an Embedded Linux application that could control a camera down at a target, this was before dopler was getting widespread. Now that's pretty much obsoleted with products like the Longshot.
I could see using a drone to chase a heard over or down a draw. Kaboom!
I could see using a drone to chase a heard over or down a draw. Kaboom!
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Ok, I don't like snakes at all...that's a huge one...how the heck did he get up that high? I guess he can stretch between the wire/rope.
It looks like some animal chewed on that thing!
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