<p dir="ltr">A camera trap intended for Siberian tiger research in southeastern Russia instead captured a <a href="http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/golden-eagle/">golden eagle</a> swooping on a yearling <a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Cervus_nippon/">sika deer</a> on December 1, 2011.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p dir="ltr">The camera trap caught two seconds of the attack, starting with the photo above, which ended badly for the deer—a healthy yearling estimated to be at least seven months old.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p dir="ltr">In a <a href="http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3356/JRR-12-00008.1?journalCode=rapt"><em>Journal of Raptor Research</em></a> report by Linda Kerley of the <a href="http://www.zsl.org/">Zoological Society of London</a> and Jonathan C. Slaght of the <a href="http://www.wcs.org/where-we-work/asia/russia.aspx">Wildlife Conservation Society Russia Program</a>, the camera trap team describes the fortuitous photos as likely the first documented golden eagle attack on a deer, although field reports suggest the birds also prey on reindeer, mountain goats, and brown bear cubs.</p><p><em>—Dan Vergano</em></p>