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10 Fierce Eagle Facts
1. The smallest eagle in the world is the South Nicobar Serpent Eagle. About the size of crow, it weighs about one pound and grows up to 17 inches.
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2. The martial eagle has the best eyesight of all eagles. It can see prey up to 3.7 miles (6 km) away. It hunts monitor lizards, hares, young warthogs, dassies, primates, and impala.
3. Eagles are known to dive in front of the sun during a hunt to blind their prey.
4. It’s illegal in the United States to pick up a Bald Eagle feather without a permit.
5. A harpy eagle's rear talon is about 4 to 5 inches, which is about the same as a grizzly bears claw.
6. Most bald eagle calls in movies are not bald eagles; they are the call of a red-tailed hawk.
7. The most common national symbol in the world is the golden eagle. It is the national bird of Afghanistan, Mexico, Egypt, Germany, and Scotland.
8. The harpy eagle was named after the Harpies of Greek mythology. Harpies were predatory women with the bodies of birds.
9. A group of eagles is called a convocation.
10. An eagle’s grip is 10 times as powerful as humans.
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10 Fierce Eagle Facts
1. The smallest eagle in the world is the South Nicobar Serpent Eagle. About the size of crow, it weighs about one pound and grows up to 17 inches.
Photo Credit: Shreeram / Creative Commons
2. The martial eagle has the best eyesight of all eagles. It can see prey up to 3.7 miles (6 km) away. It hunts monitor lizards, hares, young warthogs, dassies, primates, and impala.
3. Eagles are known to dive in front of the sun during a hunt to blind their prey.
4. It’s illegal in the United States to pick up a Bald Eagle feather without a permit.
5. A harpy eagle's rear talon is about 4 to 5 inches, which is about the same as a grizzly bears claw.
6. Most bald eagle calls in movies are not bald eagles; they are the call of a red-tailed hawk.
7. The most common national symbol in the world is the golden eagle. It is the national bird of Afghanistan, Mexico, Egypt, Germany, and Scotland.
8. The harpy eagle was named after the Harpies of Greek mythology. Harpies were predatory women with the bodies of birds.
9. A group of eagles is called a convocation.
10. An eagle’s grip is 10 times as powerful as humans.
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