Watch a Golden Eagle Eat a Pronghorn Antelope Alive

Though details are scant to non-existent, the video clearly shows a full-grown golden eagle locked in an unrelenting death grip atop the back of a struggling pronghorn antelope. The snow-covered terrain behind the antelope is dotted with sagebrush. The steep grade of the land seems to indicate a scene that’s unfolding somewhere in the Intermountain West. It wouldn’t be a stretch to imagine that setting as northwestern Wyoming, where both golden eagles and pronghorn antelope abound.

The antelope is clearly distressed as it walks around with the full weight of the sharp-eyed bird on its back. There are visible trails of blood streaming down its side. To be honest, it’s putting up one hell of a fight given the circumstances.