If the neck was not broken and the damage was not inflicted postmortem... then there were at least two people involved, one to hold the neck and claws of a terrified eagle and the other to inflict the damage.
Hm. The poor bird was alive, you're right; it was found badly injured and died about ten the next morning, not found dead.
The eagle wasn't capable of flight, incidentally, not as wild eagles are. I saw it when I went to the zoo on a date once. It'd had a broken wing. It could flutter around and sort of do extended gliding hops, but the wing was... badly injured. That may have even been the eagle with the amputated wing, I can't remember if that was the Baltimore or DC zoo.
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Date: 2003-07-09 02:50 pm (UTC)Hm. The poor bird was alive, you're right; it was found badly injured and died about ten the next morning, not found dead.
The eagle wasn't capable of flight, incidentally, not as wild eagles are. I saw it when I went to the zoo on a date once. It'd had a broken wing. It could flutter around and sort of do extended gliding hops, but the wing was... badly injured. That may have even been the eagle with the amputated wing, I can't remember if that was the Baltimore or DC zoo.