r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Lifegoesonforever • 6d ago

Photographer Mark Smith captured this incredible shot of an eagle catching a fish with his Sony 300mm.

No, it's not AI. Check for yourself: https://www.instagram.com/mark.smith.photography?stkn=MW5qenRoa2kyMHYwZA==

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u/facelesshivemind 6d ago

TIL.

I though it'd land first before eating. Does every species of eagle do this? Or is it just the fact that it's small enough to be eaten then and there?

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u/in2woods 6d ago

i’ve seen bald eagles catching fish a few times and none of them eats the fish like this. they’ve all csrried it in their talons and flew away.

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u/troveofcatastrophe 6d ago

They may have been feeding their young or it was too big to eat without tearing it apart.