Eagle facts

1. About 60 species of eagles are known.

2. The Eagle is the colloquial name of many large birds of prey belonging to the family Jastrzębowach.

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3. The eagle is considered a king among birds.

4. There are only some species of vultures and condors that are bigger birds of prey than eagles.

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5. The main national symbol of many European countries is the eagle.

6. The smallest eagle is the Snakeskin Nikobarski. It has about 40 cm of body length, 90 cm wingspan and weighs less than half a kilo.

7. The largest eagle is the giant Bielik, whose body length reaches up to 1 meter.

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8. Eagles lay 1 to 3 eggs at a time.

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9. In the Bible, Angels often took the form of eagles.

10. In the New Testament in the Apocalypse of Saint. John, the eagle is the proclaimer of the coming end of the world (“And I heard the voice of an eagle flying in the middle of heaven, calling loudly:” Woe to the inhabitants of the earth “).

11. In mythology, the eagle pecked Prometheus’s liver.

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12. Eagles have very good eyesight. Eagle An armed warrior has a visual acuity more than three times the size of the human eye.

13. The eagle can kill a victim even 8 times heavier than himself.

14. When two hatchlings hatch, stronger ones often kill weaker ones.

15. On June 5, 1932, on the island of Leka in Norway, the eagle kidnapped a 3-year-old girl who managed to safely get out of the eagle nest located on the top of the mountain.

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