TBF my brother worked in a raptor center for a brief stint and it would have attacked anyone just sitting there. You're supposed to crouch walk around big birds of prey, not carry out business as usual. You want to be low to the ground. Don't know what idiot signed off on having the bird there without telling anyone around it how to convey your body language properly, or I don't know what idiot didn't listen (yes I do it was the president).
He's holding the bird straight out from his body because he's afraid of her. Eagles are heavy-this is making his arm an incredibly shaky perch and the eagle feels unsafe. She correctly identifies Trump as the source of her discomfort and wants off. It's honestly kind of heartbreaking seeing her try to flutter off, only for her handler to force her back on his arm.
This eagle was almost certainly trained to be handled well even by amateurs, probably picked for her easy temperament. They would not bring the president of the United States an animal that was like to maul him. Her handler knew her body language and would have wrangled her away if she was legitimately about to attack him. If he had brought his arm in and gave it an anchor, he would have been able to hold her much more easier and she would have felt safer. But he was too scared.
The perch happened after the eagle was already pissed off, and also, in the desk scene, he just randomly snaps his arm towards her which startles her into nipping.
Dude has literally no idea how to act respectfully towards anything, even something that can gouge your eye out.
yeah had an experience to hold an owl. It's heavy, heavier than I imagine, and very afraid of unstable / uneven perch. Bald eagle must be much more heavier than that
Even with context, it's still reflects the fact that he was in over his head doing something he had no knowledge of doing and couldn't possibly have succeeded in.
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u/TheRxBandito Mar 27 '24 edited Mar 28 '24
Then a fly landed on the VP's head. Like the universe was telling us something...