from USA Today

Watch: Eagle punches drone out of sky

by Lori Grisham

An eagle in Australia knocked a drone out of the sky.

In the footage from Melbourne Aerial Video, a Wedge-Tailed Eagle flies up to the drone and hits it directly. The drone sputters and falls to earth.

The eagle was unharmed, according to a statement on YouTube. “She was massive, and used talon’s to ‘punch’ the drone out of the sky,” the statement said.

However, the drone didn’t fare so well.

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