Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Wish I could be an Eagle

The eagle has the longest life-span among birds. It can live up to 70 years.
But to reach this age, the eagle must make a hard decision.
In its 40s, it's long and flexible talons can no longer grab prey.
It's long and sharp beak becomes weak.
... It's long-aged and heavy wings, due to their thick feathers, become stuck
to its' chest and make it difficult to fly.
Then, the eagle is left with only two options: die or go through a painful process
of change which lasts 150 days.
The process requires that the eagle flies to a mountain top and sit on its' nest.
There the eagle knocks its' beak against a rock until it plucks it out.
After plucking it out, the eagle will wait for a new beak to grow back and then it will pluck out its' talons.
When its' new talons grow back, the eagle starts plucking its' old-aged feathers.
And after five months, the eagle takes its' famous flight of rebirth and lives for...30 more years.

--When it rains, most birds head for shelter; the eagle is the only bird that, in order to avoid the rain, starts flying above the clouds....

--Eagles though a part of bird familly fly alone at a high altitude and not with sparrows or mix with other smaller birds like geese. Birds of a feather flock together. But no other bird goes to the height of the eagle. Remember eagles fly with eagles and not with crows or sparrows.

--Eagles have strong vision, which focuses up to 5 kilometers from the air. When an eagle sites prey- even a rodent from this distance, he narrows his focus on it and sets out to get it. No matter the obstacle, the eagle will not move his focus from the prey until he grabs it.

--The Eagle is the only bird that loves the storm. When clouds gather, the eagles get excited. The eagle uses the wings of the storm to rise and is pushed up higher. Once it finds the wing of the storm, the eagle stops flapping and uses the pressure of the raging storm to soar the clouds and glide. This gives the eagle an opportunity to rest its wings. In the meantime, all the other birds hide in the leaves and branches of the trees.

--The Eagle tests before it trusts. When a female eagle meets a male and they want to mate, she flies down to earth with the male pursuing her and she picks a twig. She flies back into the air with the male still pursuing her. Once she has reached a height high enough for her, she lets the twig fall to the ground and watches it as it falls. The male chases after the twig. The faster it falls, the faster he chases until he reaches it and has to catch it before it falls to the ground, then bring it back to the female eagle. The female eagle grabs the twig and flies to a much higher altitude pursued by the male until she perceives it high enough, and then drops the twig for the male to chase. This goes on for hours, with the height increasing until the female eagle is assured that the male eagle has mastered the art of picking the twig which shows commitment, then and only then, will she allow him to mate with her!

--Eagles prepare for training. When about to lay eggs, the female and male eagle identify a place very high on a cliff where no predators can reach; the male flies to earth and at first, picks thorns and lays them on the crevice of the cliff, then flies to earth again to collect twigs which he lays in the intended nest. Then he picks thorns and lays them on top of the twigs. The weight of the eaglets result in the thorn picking them up making them uncomfortable. Thus the eaglets are forced to leave the comfortable nest and learn to fly.

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