Australian Photographer Captures ‘Flying Pig’, Piglet Freely Soars Before Becoming a Meal for a Sea Eagle
Xiaomi’s founder Lei Jun once said, ‘Even pigs can fly when standing in the eye of the storm.’ However, the scene of pigs flying in reality is likely extremely rare. But according to the British ‘Daily Mail’ report, recently an elderly photographer in Australia witnessed this scene and captured it—it was a huge sea eagle that grabbed a piglet while hunting, creating a ‘pig flying in the sky’ wonder.
The photographer’s name is Clark Easby, he is 75 years old, he took this picture in the Croumbia Wetlands in Queensland, Australia, and he is a local Queenslander. Clark suddenly heard a cry of a piglet in the air while driving back to the camp, he looked up and saw a sea eagle grabbing a piglet, he quickly stopped the car and grabbed his camera. The sea eagle holding the piglet flew over his head and finally landed on the shore to enjoy a feast.
“I was invited to shoot those unique and diverse bird species that live in this world-class wetland,” Easby said, who has been a commercial diver and documentary filmmaker for 35 years.
“I didn’t expect to witness two huge sea eagles flying over my car, one of which firmly grabbed a piglet with its claws, although the eagles had powerful wings, they couldn’t fly very high, and finally they stopped at a small shore in the wetland, and the two eagles shared the meal together.”
“I quickly took these photos with my 500mm telephoto lens while the sea eagle was flying over, this is one of the rarest scenes I have ever witnessed. I initially thought it was a fish, but when I took a closer look, I realized it was a piglet, at least 5 kilograms in weight. I had never seen such a thing before.”
White-bellied sea eagles have a wingspan of 2.1 meters, they usually live in the high branches of trees, appear in the high sky of Australian coastal waterways and nearby land, with fixed pairs and activity ranges, and mainly feed on aquatic animals such as fish, turtles and sea snakes, but they will also hunt birds and mammals. According to the Australian Museum, sea eagles sometimes attack prey such as swans with their sharp and powerful claws.
“I have seen white-bellied sea eagles suddenly drop from the sky and hunt fish, birds, rabbits and foxes with their sharp and powerful claws, but this scene (grabbing a pig) is very rare. I was stunned.”
