Perhaps taking a page from our own human culture's desire -- and ability -- to document our every move, a photographically inclined sea eagle with kleptomaniacal tendencies helped itself to a ranger's video camera and documented a 70-mile journey, even throwing in a selfie or two for good measure.
The motion-activated camera had originally been set up to document crocodiles in remote Western Australia's Kimberley region, along the Margaret River, but it quickly disappeared and was assumed lost. This was last May, and now the device has turned up near another biblically named river, the Mary, chock full of high-flying adventures.
Of course, the Aussie eagle isn't the only animal to display a passion for filmmaking. This octopus wrested an underwater camera away from a diver last June, and lions in particular seem to harbor a curiosity for all things photographic; just a couple of weeks ago a playful pride decided they didn't like remote controlled interlopers spying on their safari, leading to a video that went viral, and who can forget this glimpse into what it might be like to be a big cat's plaything?
And while all of these are pretty amazing, let's face it, this fall's GoPro-affixed bird of prey leads the pack, er, flock, for sheer take-your-breath-away awesomeness.
