Eagles usually can only catch a few pounds of rabbits and a dozen pounds of lambs, to catch hundreds of pounds of adult goats need to meet two conditions, first, the sheep must be themselves in the cliff and other high places, even higher than the eagle's nest; Second, there is a strong updraft. That is to say, catching a big goat is actually not flying but glide, if you slide to the half and don't catch it steadily, the sheep falls, and the eagle can't get the whole sheep back from the bottom of the valley. There are many videos of eagles catching sheep on the Internet, and even when eagles catch sheep, because there is no good updraft, the claws are entangled in wool and cannot be thrown off, and they are directly dragged by the sheep and fall to their deaths.
Different eagle physiques are different, and I am talking about most cases, not excluding a few very powerful.
Personally, I feel that some eagle attacks do not look at the weight, the ability is not enough and do not say, anyway, see the animal first grab a try, can not catch up big deal to give up. I've seen a video of an eagle attacking an underage bear (maybe as a dog?). ), the flutter caught wanted to fly, the result of the flutter several times did not fly up, can only fly away, across the screen feel so embarrassed ... There is also a video, the eagle grabbed a sheep on the cliff, grabbed it and estimated that it was too heavy to take back, a loose claw, the sheep fell into the valley and fell to death. And the other eagle is also catching sheep, the direction of the air flow is estimated to be wrong, it is dragged down by the sheep, the claws are estimated to be wrapped in wool and cannot be opened, even gliding can not be done, the result is to fall with the sheep, so miserable.
Autonomous flight with a wingspan of 1:5 is the limit, flying clumsily but barely able to take off on its own without the help of terrain and wind. The golden eagle has an average wingspan of more than 2 meters, weighs 4 kilograms, and can catch another 6 kilograms, or can grab 10 kilograms with the help of updraft wind, which is the limit, and beyond this weight, it cannot take off flat. So, the eagle also catches rabbits, dogs, monkeys, children, lambs... Whatever. No matter how big it is, it can only be killed first and then torn off some meat and brought back. Catching wolves depends on the breed, and smaller wolves may be able to catch them, but adults don't think about it, unless you're already on a cliff high, and it grabs you and glides straight back to the nest halfway up the mountain.
It is worth mentioning that some people who play wingsuit flying are particularly powerful, skilled and bold, and like to challenge difficult low-altitude flights and shuttle through buildings and valleys. But drowning in the river will be water people, not to mention that gliding is more dangerous than swimming, no matter how strong the motor nerves can not stop a sudden appearance of cyclones and turbulence, directly to him to shoot stones, branches and building tips on the dead, blowing over to destroy the balance and falling down also dead, blowing whirling dizzy can not maintain the action is also dead, hanging or hooking clothes will fall down and die, all kinds of death that have nothing to do with technology.
Humans need 12-meter wings to fly, but gliding is not required. 250 kg 16 meters is also gliding, you see the wingsuit flight suit, the wings are only as long as the arm, you can also glide, but gliding after all, all kinds of restrictions, not free, far from being able to compare with flight.
