I was telling my German colleague about how my parents, who were living in Spain, kept having problems with eagles killing their chickens.
Me: yeah, these eagles come down out of the mountains, they steal the chickens right out of the pen!
Frank: an eagle!? AN EAGLE DOES THIS!?
Me: yes, they have eagles over there, mad isn't it?
Frank: AN EAGLE IS STEALING THE CHICKENS?
Me: errr, yeah, they're predators you know?
Frank: THEY ARE PREDATORS?
Me: yeah, and they fly down and kill the chickens…