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Originally Posted by Duruss
The Ferruginous Hawk is the biggest we have in Alberta and it would be a feat for it to do that, however the Golden eagle weighs 10 to 12 pounds and can carry up to 40 pounds in flight.
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I'm pretty sure that's a myth. Some eagles have been known to glide down and, using the momentum from their flight, drag larger animals off of cliffs and the like in order to kill them, but actually taking off with prey or carrying them for any significant distance, it doesn't make any sense just in terms of the physics of the matter that they could pick up something heavier than themselves.