I had an american eagle fly directly over me in the rifle range in san diego. This must be a very important creature to GOD because it is mentioned in some books of the bible. NOw here is maybe what you may or may have not known..The eagle is the symbol of mercy (rachamim) in Jewish thought. Even though the eagle is a bird of prey and it needs to eat small animals to survive, it is kind at heart, and the bird will always prefer to feed on dead animals if any can be found. Naturalists are amazed by the delicate and gentle consideration an eagle will show to its children, or eaglets. For example, a mother eagle arrives at its nest with a noisy swoosh of wings, but it will land very slowly and gently on the edge of the eyrie without disturbing the sleeping eaglets. We should learn to be compassionate to all creatures, even if they have done nothing to deserve it. The eagle’s unique combination of sensitivity and strength is the essence of mercy: mercy is not blind love, but a perfect blend of both love and justice. An eagle has a wingspan of up 7 feet. Its 7,000 feathers weigh about twice as much as its skeleton! For blinking, eagles have a translucent inner eyelid, or nictitating membrane. Every 3-4 seconds the membrane slides across the eye side to side, wiping away dirt and dust. The “bald eagle,” one of the most well-known eagles and the national emblem of the United States, can close its inner eyelid and then, when necessary, can look directly at the sun to spot its prey. An eagle’s nest, or eyrie, is a huge mass of sticks, lined inside with softer material for the benefit of the young. It is repaired every year with additional sticks until it eventually becomes a heavy structure weighing more than a ton! One eyrie in Florida measured 10 feet wide and 20 feet high. Another in Ohio contained two tons of material when a storm knocked down the tree that held it for 35 years. A pair of eagles are faithful to each other. They stay together year after year and return to the same nest each season. In captivity eagles have lived up to 48 years, but some estimate that in the wild where life is tougher, they live less than 10 years. Although the biblical nesher is commonly translated as eagle, according to some authorities it refers to the griffon-vulture. The griffon-vulture is a bird with a 10-foot wingspan, and is considered today to be the highest flying bird. On November 29, 1975 one was sucked into a jet engine 37,900 feet above the Ivory Coast in West Africa.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 05:49:18 +0000
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