The law of the wild is to eat or be eaten. When a Wedge-Tailed Eagle saw a drone flying over the treetops in Australia, it made its choice.

Unfortunately for the guy controlling the drone, an altercation with an eagle meant the loss of some pricey equipment. Here’s what drone’s controller learned about flying his drone in eagle territory.

This is the last thing a small bird sees when a Wedge-Tailed Eagle decides that you are dinner…

Do not fly drones near birds of prey, they clearly attack seeing you as a threat or the right sized dinner. This will cost you money and potentially harm to the bird. This one was fine.. the drone needed some attention before it could fly again.

If you see a bird of prey while flying. Land. I have added this to my operating procedure.

The eagle was unharmed.