Eagles Show Signs of Advanced Sympathy and Compassion for Young, Weird Wednesday Brings Us a Priceless Statue Discovered in a Sewer, a 108-year-old's Amusing Secret to Long Life & Angry Birds Attacking Drones, and on TDIH: The Great Train Wreck of 1856
Cool Stuff Daily
Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff
4.6 • 739 Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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| 0:32.6 | Welcome to another edition of Cool Stuff, Idaho. Marcus Paff here, Reggie Rizu, there. |
| 0:37.9 | Coming up on today's episode, behavior never before seen in Eagles is observed in the UK. |
| 0:44.4 | We'll tell you what that was. Weird Wednesday has a unique find in a sewer, of course it does, |
| 0:50.1 | a trick to live longer, and birds attacking on the beach. Plus, on this day in history, a poor decision leads to a devastating and deadly accident. |
| 1:00.0 | That's coming up on cool stuff. |
| 1:02.0 | Well, here's a quick heartwarming story from the Good News Network to get us started. |
| 1:06.0 | A white-tailed eagle couple has been observed skipping this year's breeding season in order to care for an injured juvenile in what is reportedly a never-before seen phenomenon among the species. |
| 1:19.6 | Back in April, an eaglet was blown from its nest on the Isle of Mull that's off Scotland during the July fledgling season, resulting in a broken wing. Its mom and dad then |
| 1:29.8 | spent 12 months nursing it back to health, an event that's still ongoing. Going so far as to skip |
| 1:35.3 | the current mating season. Juveniles typically leave their nests in October, but this bird is |
| 1:40.8 | still with its parents and no new eggs or chicks have been observed in the family. |
| 1:46.5 | That said, the bird appears to be making progress. |
| 1:49.0 | Members of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in the UK recently recorded a video of the miracle chick in flight, |
| 1:57.6 | soaring on thermal updrafts without issue, even though its left wing was disfigured from the fall. |
| 2:02.9 | By the way, we'll link to that video in today's show notes. |
| 2:05.7 | RSPB officer Dave Sexton told the BBC, quote, |
| 2:09.1 | we normally think of eagles as hardwired and unemotional, but clearly there might be another side to their nature. |
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