Summary Snaps three photos as the massive bird digs its talons into distressed animal's back.
LONDON (AP) - Remote cameras set up to track Siberian tigers in Russia have caught a golden eagle attack on a sika deer, snapping three photos as the massive bird digs its talons into the distressed animal s back.
Golden eagles typically eat small birds or mammals, but they ve also been known to target deer. It s rare for a camera to catch such an attack in progress.
The Zoological Society of London s Linda Kerley said in a statement Thursday that she couldn t believe the pictures when she saw them.
The society said they were shot in the Lazovsky State Nature Reserve in the Primorye region of Russia s Far East in December 2011.
The eagle vs. deer photos were published this month in the Ohio-based Journal of Raptor Research and have since grabbed attention online.
