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Wednesday, February 07, 2007 When the Eagles mate up it’s forever.
But the female eagle has to be careful in her selection, so she puts the male through several tests. When a male eagle shows interest, the female gives him the visual test. They fly up, down, slow, and fast; taking dives and chances to prove strength and dexterity. While he is chasing her in flight, she is checking out his flying ability, his wings for any flaws, and any odd or unusual action he may show during flight. If she finds any problem whatsoever, she will fly away to find a new suitor. When she finally finds a male who passes the visual test; she moves to the test of strength. She picks up a stick and flies up high, and then drops the stick! The male dives for the stick, catches the stick, and carries it back to her. The female Eagle will continue to do this, each time picking up a larger stick. If at any time the male fails to catch the stick and bring it back to her, then she will fly away and start all over with another male. When she finds a male that can catch the largest stick, which by the end of the test is almost a log, then she mates for life. The reason these tests are so important to the female is because when one of their young eaglettes is unable to fly, it will fall to it’s death unless the male can catch his young and return it to the nest. The male needs to be strong, needs to have healthy wings, strong claws to catch and hold their young, plus the ability to return it high up to the nest. Since the female eagle has put her mate through such long hard tests, she has the faith that he can handle the job! -from www.averyhillarts.com/eagle.html macky
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 Name: Macky Agarrado Walked since: 12th May 1988 Walked with Jesus since: 18th Apr 2005 Walks in: Los Banos, Laguna tagboard
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