Posted on Mashable on August 12th, this video captures when one of Mother Nature’s awesome airborne creations meets one of nerdkinds questionable creations. Yes, this is hilarity (nature 1 / man 0) but if this was a bald or golden eagle, and it died because you’re an idiot, and you got caught because you are posted this on the web, you are in trouble.

There are laws such as the Bald and Gold Eagle Protection Act.

From article:

Originally passed in 1940, provides for the protection of the bald eagle and the golden eagle (as amended in 1962) by prohibiting the take, possession, sale, purchase, barter, offer to sell, purchase or barter, transport, export or import, of any bald or golden eagle, alive or dead, including any part, nest, or egg, unless allowed by permit Bald Eagle sitting in tree (16 U.S.C. 668(a); 50 CFR 22). “Take” includes pursue, shoot, shoot at, poison, wound, kill, capture, trap, collect, molest or disturb (16 U.S.C. 668c; 50 CFR 22.3). The 1972 amendments increased civil penalties for violating provisions of the Act to a maximum fine of $5,000 or one year imprisonment with $10,000 or not more than two years in prison for a second conviction. Felony convictions carry a maximum fine of $250,000 or two years of imprisonment. The fine doubles for an organization. Rewards are provided for information leading to arrest and conviction for violation of the Act.

I love when the tech world (or academic world) so selfishly tucked into their little bubbles comes crashing with brutal tectonic plate shifting force into mother nature.