When Martin Got 4 Talons Through His Hand
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- One of the most common questions asked of Martin is if he ever gets bit by the critters he helps and works with. In this video he will address that issue and tell the story of when he worked at Busch Gardens and one eagle "playfully" put all four of his talons through Martin's hand.
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Since age twelve, with a bird on his arm, Martin has captivated audiences sharing his knowledge and experience of his wildlife friends.
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“One of my greatest childhood fantasies was the desire to create a personal friendship with a wild eagle. I found myself with a love and fascination for these powerful creatures.”
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One of the most common questions asked of Martin is if he ever gets bit by the critters he helps and works with. In this video he will address that issue and tell the story of when he worked at Busch Gardens and one eagle "playfully" put all four of his talons through Martin's hand.
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Holy Molly! "Oh sweetie." Patience with these eagles is astonishing and wonderful to see. But this is a necessary warning for those who may one day work with them.
Agreed, definitely need to know what those talons can do!
Thank you for everything you do. These birds are awe inspiring. ⭐
I was wondering why you haven't returned Scout to the wild also ?? Is there a reason why you keep him ??
@8:12 this eagle has his claws on your pants. How is that different from having them on a hand?
“You have 4 holes in your hand” uh ... “Yes I know that.” 🤣🤣
Doctors catch everything, don't they? ;-)
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Doc was real quick with his assesment of yr hand 😁. Classic
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I am glad your hand and arm are okay now. You and Scout look great together. He truly has respect for you as you do him.
So are we!
Thank God your hand recovered. 👌👌👌
Agreed!
I'm glad you have two arms with hands on each of them!
Thank you Teri!
I once had a Red Tailed Hawk grab my hand whilst changing anklets. It was so painful. My hand swelled up almost instantly, and I still had to finish the job. It was a very sobering experience. The thought of shaking hands with a Golden Eagle gives me the fear.
Glad you are okay, take care!
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Great story! Overuse of antibiotics is so common they aren't working very well anymore, so it is really interesting you strengthened your own immunity.
Thanks for watching!
God is our amazing creator. He has so perfectly designed our bodies! I love that you have learned that the antibodies God has given you are far better than any man can come up with. Thank you for so many years of dedication! I am a subscriber and love watching your videos.
Martin's Hawks and Falcons are Majestic Creatures, 4 holes in his hand, thinking about it is making me queasy, I found a sparrow in my house, my father died 2 days later, it was flying around the house, I was terrified, I am very superstitious about birds, or paintings or ornaments of birds, I would be too scared of Martin's creatures, not through superstition, the brute strength , the talons, beaks and the massive wings flapping would scare the hell out of me...
Love the sounds that Scout makes...Thanks for the video, and great story...stay awesome!
He's awfully vocal sometimes!
"Wow well done sweety, you've just bitten my finger off. I'm so damn proud of you you know that! Well, wanna go for the next one right now?? Sure, no prob girl give it all you got, maybe this time you might even get 2 fingers off at once!" Well if this isn't caring about your animals then I really don't know what is...
Fortunately Martin still has all his fingers. Over his 50 years of working with critters he's found keeping a steady tone and attitude is helpful, even if he has to quietly endure some pain.
Well that's good to hear at least hehe ;) Most wild animals can sense if a human is there to help or not, and in those cases they will more likely give 'warning' bites or scratches when you handle them instead of using full force like when somebody is about to harm them or something so that makes a huge difference as well of course.
Them trying to bite and claw him is a good sign, a wild bird that doesn't try to fight or resist in any way is usually in really bad shape.
Them trying to bite and claw shows there's still life and fight left in them.
I love Scout. Perfect name for him.
We love him too!
Holy smokes! What an adventure.
And the building is really nice. You deserve the best for all that you do.
Thank you Maurine, we appreciate your interest!
It’s amazing you have build up against bacteria against these beautiful animals.Thank you for saving all the wildlife.....
What a great story.
Look how he went for the neck! 1:13 😬
These eagles know just where to aim.😳
Fantastic story! So glad u still have a right arm!😀 Scout looks good to me!
Scout always looks good!
Your a awesome man ! Thanks for keeping the eagles 🦅 healthy
Thank you Juan
Oh my Lord, this story is scary. Cannot believe you went through that. I also agree about antibiotics. Good for you.👍🏽
this vid deserves more views!! courageous
We appreciate every view!
The relationship that Scout allows you to have with him is amazing I love to watch how patient and kind you are with even the most bad tempered animal. I best you are a wonderful dad and grandfather, your kids probably just understand with a certain look. You are true hero for others to try to emulate, thanks so much.
Thank you we appreciate your interest and kind words, faclonry is a 24/7 commitment!
Wow so cute 😍😍😍😍💓
You guys are awesome. Scout is beautiful.
Agreed, Scout is all that!
Great story, glad it caused no lasting damage. I avoid antibiotics too after overuse when I was younger. Scout is beautiful.
We're glad too!
That one eagle gave what looked like a painful kiss..yikes
Definitely need to take care around them!
The way he holds it so close to his face, I'm just waiting for it to take a nice little peck. lol
Could happen...
What a bone chilling story to hear. Definitely makes you feel like you're gonna throw up when you can imagine what it looked like as it's being told.
We hope you are okay!
@@GowildlifeOrg I'm fine. Takes more than a grueling story to make me sick lol.
When I worked in a machine shop, after wearing my work boots for 8 sweaty hours my feet could kill, too.
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LMFAO 😂💀
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Well that is a life lesson. Thank you for sharing this one. 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Good to see you back!
@@GowildlifeOrg : Yeah, next 4 weeks will be also stuffed with services but then the periode is slowly coming to an end. Then finally do a week vacation and necessary repairs for our garden and house animals. My finch hen is currently in molting too, so there are lots of feathers in her cage, she will need her winter renovated cage soon too.
Fascinating story and information about the anti biotic and your body immune system. Reminds me a little about how people become immune to snake poison.
It is curious the way individuals react differently sometimes.
Imagine overcoming the jitters of handling these lads
It's a steep learning curve for sure...
3:20 begins story approx. Lol its like handling velociraptors
Wow, Martin! That's intense. I'm glad you kept your arm. I'm always fascinated by bird feet. They are amazing. I love the webs on ducks and the raptor feet of course.
We're glad he's still got his arm too! Scout's got great feet!
@@GowildlifeOrg I agree. He does have awesome feets. Feets that kill prey.
Beautiful eagle and I thoroughly enjoy watching and learning at all you do. Next time we are out that way I’d love to stop and visit. I ordered your book this morning and can’t wait to read it. Love the work you do.
Thanks Tom, that is great to hear! We hope you enjoy the book! Please do let us know if you come to town. You can contact us directly at info@gowildlife.org
Southwest Wildlife Foundation of Utah you’re very welcome and sure will.
My son has had a couple of those sticks used on his tracheostomy. It's serious stuff and crazy how fast it burns you. Better than bleeding out!
That does not sound fun... Where do I sign up? 😎
Sounds like the right attitude!
Wow
That’s a big eagle 🦅 wow
Scout is on the big side for a male.
Seriously? Did you know that the largest eagle is a harpy? Out in the jungle, Harpies hunt sloths, grown sloths. They can even glide and fly with prey almost their size. In mongolia, there are subspecies of golden eagle witch are used by falconers in a tradition amd will usually hunt wolves with their golden eagles. The first golden eagle flys up to scout, then it hunts the wolf down whilst trying to kill it, then comes the other eagle and secures the prey though not often is the prey alive
@@viktorbihar5384 I thought the Great Philippine Eagle was the largest?
@@cobalt3738 your're right Philippine eagle is the largest (length), while stellar sea eagle is the biggest (weight). Harpy eagle is the 2nd largest and 2nd biggest eagle in terms of maximum weight while philipine eagle is the 2nd biggest in terms of average weight
it is SO BIG! When he jumped from your glove to your leg my heart nearly stopped. I highly doubt blue jeans could stop a talon from the likes of a Scout from going through!!! 😱😬💕
Yeah no. Jeans are absolutely no protection
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So glad it turned out ok 🙏🏻 can go bad fast with talons I see
Those infections are no joke. You aren't a falconer until you've been footed. And footing is a hell of a thing.
We're glad Martin lives to tell the tale!
Sounds like that was a painful but effective innoculation that had served you well for decades!
Definitely painful!
I learned that with the Muscovy duck very eagle like feet !!! You must hold them the same way !!!!
“Not to brag, but I’ve built an immunity to eagle claw doodoo venom over the years.”
When we lived in Las Vegas thirty some years ago, we had a neighbor who was a wildlife expert, working mostly with bats. He routinely kept his rabies shots current, and had himself tested to be sure his immunity was up, etc. I don't know if you'd need something like that for this work. What you do is very interesting to everybody!!!
First off, Thank you, thank for sharing your experiences and love for these majestic creatures, Which method for procurement of the book benefits you most, direct through your site or through the Amazon store you have?
Hi Ric, thanks for your interest. From the site, you get it signed by Martin, Susan and Scout, we ship it personally. From Amazon, you pay a lot less! More for critters from our site for sure.
@@GowildlifeOrg thank you so much, heading to your site now.
@@GowildlifeOrg Grandmas Cookies were awesome! love the book! thank you
Ouchie!!!!! Poor YOU. You are so brave.
Big ouch for sure!
Love it when he calls a big birds "sweetie". Lol
Their legs are like stone pillars. Quite scary
I don't understand why that doctor didn't give you a couple of shots of local anesthetic in your hand before shoving those antiseptic sticks through your wounds. That was kind of incompetent on his part. It was at the very least grossly insensitive.
Watch out for staph A though cause the body has a hard time remembering or detecting it.
Back when ER visits wouldn't put you in bankrupcy.
Yep
Can you disinfect his talons before you handle him?
Eagles aren't very fond of that
Man telling the story of 4 holes in his hands...
meanwhile eagle at present starts flying :- wanna relive the moment, and get some fresh holes?
No more so far...
@@GowildlifeOrg Hope no more of such holes, good job, not everyone can do it, keep it up, love from India
You Where a lucky mann..
Definitely perks to being Martin!
That doctor that cleaned out your wounds should have used a local anesthetic. I can't believe he didn't.
All I did was write 'How strong are the talons of a Golden Eagle?' into the TH-cam search engine and your video came up. I've always had a great love of these wonderful creatures! They have always fascinated, almost mystified me! You do some wonderful (and no doubt, very hard) work. Thank you.
Glad you found us!
I love the little noises they make...
You need a series on animal.planet
I work with dogs daily and have been bitten a few times But I’ve never heard of putting wooden sticks into an open puncture wound like that It seems to me it would push the bacteria down into the body deeper I’m glad you’re ok
Take care with those dogs!
Dangggggg! Well, glad your hand turned out OK. Thanks for sharing!
So are we!
Generally against Christmas shopping.
Book could change that this year.
Wow, glad for your interest!
With the educational birds, do you trim their talons for safety measures? I noticed Scout on your leg/blue jeans. Thank you.
No, they need their talons sharp for eating and hunting. Most of our Wildlife Ambassadors are also falconry birds.
Scout loves you because his claws could've sank into your calf just now when he stepped off your arm . Wow amazing Flight Master , the Eagle not you.....lol 🤭 💗just kidding !
Scout is a great friend!
Wow! 😧 I know a tiny fraction of your pain... I get bit and clawed almost daily by chickens! 😂 I’ve got a 120-strong flock of them. I have scars up and down my arms, mostly from the nails (talons, in your case), but I have a few from bites. I’ve also been spurred several times by roosters. Nice puncture wounds.🤦🏻♀️ I feel it when it happens, but I don’t realize how bad it is until after I’m done handling the bird that got me. That’s when it starts to hurt/burn. lol I have a prescription antibiotic ointment I treat the scratches with, as I got a serious case of cellulitis from it once. Bird feet are incredibly dirty and I can’t risk the use of my hand again. 👎
Great video! Glad to know there wasn’t any serious long term damage from the talons through your hand! I can’t even imagine how badly that hurt - getting “got” by a HUGE bird like an Eagle. (And the treatment! Doc should’ve numbed you for that procedure, imo.) I was wincing just hearing you tell the story.
Take good care!😃👍❤️
Scratches are scratches...they have their ways to get ya! Take care!
Hi Martin. I hope u dont mind answering this for me. A few buzzards have been coming to my neighborhood for a couple mos now, bc neighbor attracted them by leaving out canned cat food. They land on my roof and even my car!!! I chase them away n try to make myself look big n scary, but they come back. Im only 5’ tall. Lol. Should I call DNR or a different organization? Im hoping they will trap them and relocate the wake. I hear them every day now, so I believe they have moved nearby.
I used to throw out stale bread for the little birds, but Ive stopped it. Do u know if the vultures would eat the bread?
Anyway, you handle these birds so lovingly, it is really a beautiful thing to see.
You are welcome to contact us directly at info@gowildlife.org
Thank you Martin. I really enjoy watching your videos. Congratulations on the new Rehab shed. You will now be able to save even more wildlife!❤🦅❤
Thank you Joanne, we sure hope so! And hope for much more!
I think some doctors do things to hurt you intentionally. Once after a bad bout of diarrhea this ER doc put a med on his gloved finger and shoved it up my whowho. I screamed. I heard him say, "there's blood there". I know there are less invasive ways to find blood. Lancaster General. Lancaster Pa.
One never knows...usually to do a thorough test, it has to hurt a little bit.
Scout looks so majestic, he belongs stamped on a goldbar :)
We do have his footprint on books!
انت رجل متمكن في عالم الطيور الجارحة هناك الكثير من الناس يهتمون بالصقور فقط اما انت فلديك اهتممام واسع بجميع الانواع وهذا يجعلك مرجع مهم في كثير من البحوث والتي للأسف لم تحظى بدراسة كافية في كثير من العالم انا متأسف لا اجيد الانجيليزية وهذا مؤسف كي اتمكن من الاطلاع على هذه الكتب شكرا
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100% in agreement with you, antibiotics just wipe out every form of bacteria which will then take years to rebuild. Recent studies show the absolute extreme importance of bacteria in our body, especially gut bacteria. A condition called dysbiosis (imbalance) is believed to contribute to chronic inflamation which is thought to be the leading cause of several autoimmune diseases
We're nothing without theories!
That sounds like agonizing pain! Idk how you could sit still while those wooden sticks were being shoved into those holes in your hand! I'm glad you still have your arm!
I think I'll admire them from a distance. Not gonna hold one with that kind of risk.
Better to observe them in the wild with good binoculars!
OMG, what a horrible story. I´m glad your hand and arm is better now.
He has a story about a falcon named Horrible too!
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Thanks. as a pianist a was horrified enough ....
I think a Medieval knights hand gauntlet would work perfect for the hand against Eagle claws it is all metal it covers the fingers too .
Maybe, but it wouldn't be a good perch for the eagle.
Is it possible to hold a trained/domestic eagle without arm protection with minimal damage. Or would their talons go directly through your arm. Like in an emergency you had minor bandages or need to get staples, reattach arteries, ect...
The padding is mostly for them, more comfortable than a boney arm. Sometimes Belle the Harris Hawk lands on Martin's shoulder.
so your advice would be to NOT use antibiotics at all then when your skin is punctured by a bird of prey, even if the doctors insist? what if you're bitten by a carnivore animal?
Martin is bitten and scratched daily, he shared what he does, he did not advise anything.
Scout is a gorgeous creature & Martin is a VERY VERY wise human. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom and your beautiful friendships with these magnificent creatures.
PS - Scout didn't look scroungey to me, in fact he still doesn't look scroungey to me even after Martin said it. LOL
I wonder if you help owls out also me and my mom found one stuck in our barbwire fence, thought it was trash initially, came out to get off the fence, it was an owl she told me to get back in the house, she called wild game department they came an got him he was very big, I still wonder how long he was there. Like your helping these birds, not easy though
We see quite a few owls
Oh you ate one of my fingers,... VERY GOOD!
Always a risk...
You have 4 holes in your hand
Thanks captain obvious
Exactly!
Great story! (better you than me!) Scout is absolutely beautiful!! Thanks!
Thanks Fran! Scout always looks good!
Beautiful Eagle and great story!
Thanks for watching
Happy holidays Martin and Susan! You are role models!!
Thank you Emma! We wish you best holiday too!
Nice talons, little scary, good to have right arm back, what a tough day!
Two arms are very nice for sure!
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Excellent Upload and beautiful video thumbs up my friend 👍👍👍have a nice time ❤ I like your videos 👌
Thank you! We're glad you are enjoying our videos!
They should have an injection, like an antivenom, to protect from eagle scratches.
Probably not such a common ailment.
The human body is amazing, building an immunity like that.
Agreed
activated charcoal and bentonite clay moist wrap will pull everything out
Wow, eagle talons are sure impressive!
And such GORGEOUS birds they are too!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO.
Sending love out of Salt Lake City 💕💕💕
Agreed, gorgeous birds! Thanks for watching!
What an Amazing job you have, GOD Bless you for the work that you do with these beautiful creatures of GOD thank you for all you do
what an incredible story
Thank you.
Im glad that your ok and you still have your arm coz you really need your arms to do the amazing work that you do. You are such an amazing person Martin. Im always in awe watching all your vids. Lots of love from Auckland New Zealand 😊❤
Us too! Greetings back to New Zealand!
Oh my goodness, 😲, Martin! A doozy. When I started my birds journey, I'd wonder why a parent never brought back up an eaglet who'd fallen out of the nest. Well!! I learned fast. Those ppsi 😦is why! Thx, 😉🦅
Those feet can be very gentle and careful as well
@@GowildlifeOrg Hi! Indeed. How they gingerly step around eggs, newborns 👍😍
This man drove to the er and just never stopped, if I was him i would replace that arm with a robotic arm.
Maybe he already has....
@@GowildlifeOrg if so then that’s one badass story to tell.
Your Living your God gifted destiny taking care of All of His Majestic birds 🦅 Truly Amazing n mind blowing to watch these videos ♥️ Thank You for sharing 👍
Ouch! That sounds horrific! I am so glad you didn't lose your arm or your love for eagles.
So are we! Thanks for your concern!
Where does Scout spend most of his time.
In his chambers.
Martin you are so lucky, watching you with that bird, the way you care for it. I would love to have an eagle on my arm and be able to pet it lovingly like you do 💙💜❤️💚
Scout is definitely a good part of Martin's work. It's a 24/7 commitment to care for him properly.
I had NO idea those talons were THAT sharp. Nor do they look THAT strong. And I don't wanna find out!
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