Photograph by Fir0002 (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAs you can imagine, a bird with wings this large, are pretty talented when it comes to flying. In fact, the Wedge-Tailed Eagle is capable of soaring for hours without having to flap their massive wings. \u00a0This is probably a good thing since I can’t imagine it would be easy to beat those wings. \u00a0These birds of prey are also not afraid of heights as they have been known to regularly fly as high as 1800 m (5900′) and are actually capable of going higher. I just bungee-jumped off a 200 foot high platform and I was scared… I couldn’t even imagine being up 5900 feet.<\/p>\n
Wedge-Tailed Eagle Fast Fact – <\/strong>When you are flying at extreme heights, you would have to have good eyesight, right? How else are you going to find dinner on the ground? The Wedge-Tailed Eagle has incredible eyesight and it actually extends into the ultraviolet and infrared bands. This helps them pick out their prey from the air and also reveals rising thermals, so they can ride the wave instead of flapping their wings. How cool would it be to have eyes like that?<\/p>\nThat does it for Wednesday’s Wild Fact. I hope you enjoyed soaring 1800 m in the air as we learned about Australia’s largest bird of prey. \u00a0See you tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was having a tough time choosing an animal for todays Wild Fact so I decided to resort to a simple method that I like to use. I took the letter “W”, since it is Wednesday, and found an animal that starts with this letter. This ultimately lead me to the Wedge-Tailed Eagle, which is also known as the Eaglehawk. This majestic Eagle is the largest bird of prey in Australia (and New Guinea) and is actually one of the largest birds of prey in the world. It just goes to show that an animal can be impressive no matter <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[348,2071,1338,2073,4025,2070,2074,2072],"yoast_head":"\n
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