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> eagles trained to swoop down and pick apart the props

I assume the eagle dies or gets a horrific injury in this scenario?



Surprisingly they seem very capable of taking down drones uninjured. They have very strong legs, and with a flexible attack from below they can avoid the props.

Here's a video of some french trained eagles showing how easy it is.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b8kZupqPbJs


I had a wedge tailed eagle take down one of my drones while filming. Drone ended up dropping to the ground damaged while the eagle wasn’t too bothered. It just perched nearby and watched me picking up pieces, not preening or appearing at all injured.


In Neal Stephenson's Termination Shock, a character has trained raptors to take down drones and he crafted 3D printed sleeves to protect their claws from damage during attacks: https://www.nealstephenson.com/termination-shock.html



They tried that, in The Netherlands, I think.

They stopped the initiative. Not sure why, but they didn't think it was effective.




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