The eagle is known throughout the world as a living symbol of power, freedom, and superiority. They are large-sized birds of prey, also known as raptors that mainly hunt for food and are members of the Accipitridae bird family. So let's try to know some interesting facts about the Eagles.
1. The eagle always loves the height, not the ground, it looks at the ground only when it has to hunt. Its eyesight is very sharp and while staring at the ground, it can see its prey from a height.
2. Eagles (Bald Eagles) are very loyal to their partners, as they live like husband and wife and do not mate with anyone except their partner, until or unless he or she is dead. That means they choose to remain faithful until death.
3. Somewhere, you must have seen eagles hovering in the sky without moving their wings, this is possible because they have a tremendous ability to fly in the sky for a long time without flapping their wings. The long and broad wings help them catch rising currents of warm air, called thermals, that lift the bird up without flapping.
4. The grip of a bald eagle's claw is ten times stronger than the average grip of an adult human hand, so it does not release its prey easily. Even the bigger ones may be able to carry up to 7 or 8 pounds of meat at once.
5. The bald eagle got this name because its head is white and the rest part is brown, and its white head may make it look bald. But another reason could be that the “Bald” comes from the old English word “balde,” meaning white.
6. The bald eagle's body is covered with 7,000 feathers, protecting them from both heat and cold, and providing a barrier to snow and rain.
7. The eagle can fly very high in the sky, reaching up to altitudes of 11,000 to 13,000 feet, with a speed of 100 km per hour.
8. Eagles build their nests on tall trees and high cliffs, and the nests called "Eyries", are quite large in size, up to 5 or 6 feet deep and 2 to 4 feet wide.
9. The Bald Eagle was declared endangered in 1967 under the Endangered Species Preservation Act, but after 50 years in 2007, it was removed from the list of endangered, as their populations recovered sufficiently.
10. The 29-year-old named Challenger was the first Bald Eagle in history to be trained to free-fly in major league sports stadiums, arenas, and ballrooms during the National Anthem.
11. From 1917 to 1953, more than 100,000 Bald Eagles were killed by Alaskan salmon fishermen because they feared that the Eagles were a threat to the fish population.
12. Today, there are about 60 species of eagles in the entire world, in which the majority of eagles are in Eurasia and Africa, and only 14 species are seen in the rest of the areas.
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