Louisiana bald eagle gets dead nutria to shore by swimming.

Swimming starts at 1:10 so you may want to skip the eagle flying around trying to lift the dead nutria for the first minute.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/87xNpOYOlQ4?rel=0

That was insane!

That was awesome, never knew eagles could swim. Honestly had never really thought about it either. Still awesome video.

Wow! Smart bird. That thing was determined!

Isn't a nutria just a groundhog? Or woodchuck?

Isn't a nutria just a groundhog? Or woodchuck?

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A nutria is what you get when a beaver mates with an opossum. They have most of the features of a beaver, but an opossum tail.

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A nutria is what you get when a beaver mates with an opossum. They have most of the features of a beaver, but an opossum tail.

Neighborhood indiscretion. I get it.

A buddy of mine told me about eagles swimming a couple of years ago. He witnessed it in Canada on a fly in trip. A bald eagle swam a large dead northern pike to shore. Very cool to see it on a video though!