Eagles can't catch fish

Eagles can't catch fish was highlighted by Blacksmith in 2008 at http://forums.sjgames.com/showpost.php?p=637218&postcount=116
B457 gives a "Large Falcon" ST 3 which is a Basic Lift of 1.8 pounds meaning you could presumably lift 3.6 pounds using two hands, so he's probably not talking about weight.
Rather it's the dilemma for picking up items where you need to "crouch" and "ready" the item and so on.
Some observations:
*flying creatures would not need to change their posture, they could "step" to change elevation
*rather than make a 'ready' they probably make a 'bite' which is a free grapple, or just a 'grapple' where the claws cut through the Slippery induced Control Resistance of the fish, and apply some damage to it
*using the pickup technique in TG within one second could be done with AOA:Double or via Rapid Strike
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