# You know how people doubt what an eagle can attack

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**Created:** [July 13, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-how-people-doubt-what-an-eagle-can-attack/411672 "2007-07-13T16:42:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-how-people-doubt-what-an-eagle-can-attack/411672/1 "2007-07-13T16:42:22Z")

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Here’s and eagle attacking a deer.  
Maybe not a North American deer but…  
Video link.

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-how-people-doubt-what-an-eagle-can-attack/411672/2 "2007-07-14T04:25:48Z")

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Looks to me like a pronghorn fawn. [“Golden Eagle Predation on Pronghorn Fawns”.](http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v094n04/p0789-p0790.pdf) Rare, but not unknown.

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**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-how-people-doubt-what-an-eagle-can-attack/411672/3 "2007-07-14T04:29:41Z")

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Just…wow. I had no idea an eagle could be that powerful. That’s insane.

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**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-how-people-doubt-what-an-eagle-can-attack/411672/4 "2007-07-14T04:54:57Z")

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Where’s Stephen Colbert when you need him?