Wow, now that’s a big bird! This is how most people react when they see a harpy eagle for the first time, whether in person or in a picture. The massive bird is, well, absolutely massive. Fierce. Proud. Majestic.
The harpy eagle is so odd that from one angle, it looks a bit like a person cosplaying a bird from the Uncanny Valley. From another, thought, it looks like a Pokemon. While from a third, it seems like something that may have been kept in a secure cage somewhere in Area 51, after crash-landing in an alien spacecraft which was heading to Earth from Blargon-7.
Harpy eagles are popular on the internet. For instance, one compilation photo of the harpy eagle got over 91,600 upvotes in less than twenty hours on Reddit. While the same picture got over 120,000 views on Imgur in a similar time-frame.
Now, harpy eagles are not to be taken lightly. After all, they're birds of prey. There are two types of harpy eagles: the American and the Papuan.
Harpy eagles are the biggest, most powerful raptors to be found in rainforests across the globe. Furthermore, they're among the very largest species of eagles on the planet. Their wingspan can reach up to seven feet and four inches (224 centimeters), although they weigh just 8.5-20 pounds (3.8-9 kilograms).
Harpy eagles usually live in the upper canopy layer of tropical lowland forests. Sadly, due to the destruction of its habitat, it is almost eradicated in Central America. There are fewer than 50,000 of them left in the world. In Brazil, the harpy eagle is known by another name too (that may be even cooler): the royal-hawk.
As Fact Zoo reports, harpy eagles eat larger prey than smaller birds: “Monkeys, tree porcupines, sloths, coatis, birds, snakes, lizards, etc.” We are just glad that ‘people’ aren’t on that list!
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