Press
Press 2011
The bears of the air hits on YouTube
By Mette Kirstine Goddiksen
Almost 400.000 hits on Steller's Sea Eagle from
Eagleworld make them among the most viewed. But the animals'
appearance and physics are also dramatic.
Come now, little darling", it sounds sweetly from the
owner of Eagleworld, Frank Wenzel, while he calls on the enormous
Steller's Sea Eagle and feeds it with raw meat. The small video
clips about the world's biggest Sea Eagle with the nickname "The
Bears of the air" are filmed while the giants' are trained around
Wenzel's off-road Hummer. In the first video clip one of the
compact giants lands on the car for the first time.
- And as you can see for yourself, a small Golf is not enough up
here, Wenzel says.
Playful bear
When Frank Wenzel started with training birds of prey, he was
often struck down and pulled along the ground as the giants came in
for close contact.
- The Sea Eagles wanted to play with me, but after a
treatment like that I wasn't worth much. They do not know that
humans are not as fast and strong as them and they did not show
much respect. Now I have the opportunity to sit in the car and be
big, he says with a grin.
The big off-road car was Wenzel's needed shelter against the
playful bears of the air. But he was worried that such an unnatural
metal case on wheels would scare them away. And in the video clip
you can clearly sense Frank Wenzel's relief that this was not the
case: The muscular giant lands self assured on the hood and looks
curiously at the humans in the car.
Steller's Sea Eagles are shy towards people. Frank Wenzel is the
only human who can train them - so you can visit Eagleworld without
worrying about only having a frail windshield between you and the
playful bear.
Bonus information
Unusual citizen
Steller's Sea Eagle normally lives on the Russian peninsula
Kamchatka, which is close to Siberia, but Eagleworld has been
handed over two couples. One of them has to great enthusiasm built
a nest, and Wenzel expects that they will breed, even though the
Danish scenery is very much unlike the area where they normally
live.
The Sea Eagles have a Danish connection, as they were
discovered on an expedition by Vitus Bering and his companion, a
German doctor and scientist named Steller.
Apart from the size of Steller's Sea Eagles, they are also
recognized by the axe shaped beak, which in the home country is
used to crush the shield of their primary food source, the half
meter wide Kamchatka crab. Their wing position is similar to the
flying dinosaurs, and they do not float in the air like other birds
of prey, they use their enormous strength all the time.
You can see Steller's Sea Eagles and many other birds of prey in
Eagleworld.
Link
to eagle landing on a car - film 1 here
Link to eagle landing on car - film 2 here
Journalists and press photographers who seek more
information on Eagleworld may contact info@eagleworld.dk
Outside office hours the press may contact us on hotline + 45 31
61 13 40.
