Bald Eagle Chicks Devour Baby Deer

Image: Andy Morffew in Kachemak Bay, Alaska. CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A live eagle cam captured a truly incredible (albeit gruesome) moment when an adult bald eagle brought a baby deer to the nest for the eaglets to feed on.

Warning: Nature as it really is.


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This footage came to us via a live-streaming webcam trained on a bald eagle nest and family in Decorah, Iowa, which is broadcast on Exlore.org. These live eagle cams have captured some pretty amazing footage over the years. Click here to watch one such video, in which a sly fox attempted to get into a bald eagle nest… and got more than he bargained for!

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