The eagle's eyesight is quite keen. From the sky, you can find small animals on the ground. Their muscles are very strong. An eagle can even break a deer's spine with its feet and fly with a sheep weighing dozens of pounds.
Because of its fierce and spectacular flight, eagle has been regarded as a symbol of courage, strength, freedom and independence by many tribes and countries since ancient times. The image of the dragon in ancient China also adopted the eagle's claws, and the "Griffin", the monster guarding the treasure in ancient Egypt and Greek legends, was also the image of the Gryphon.
In ancient Egypt, the national seal of Ptolemy dynasty and the symbol of Roman imperial army all adopted the image of eagle. At present, the eagle pattern is still used in the national flags or national emblems of many countries.
The national emblem of the United States is the vulture, the American specialty osprey and the national bird of the United States. At that time, Franklin suggested that the turkey, which is unique to the United States and has a considerable impact on American life, should be regarded as the national bird. However, most Americans think turkeys are ugly, and finally choose vultures.
In Mexico's national flag and emblem, there is a snake-eating eagle that landed on a cactus, which evolved from the legend of ancient Aztec Indians. It is said that when the Aztecs migrated, they wanted to stay where an eagle caught a snake and landed on a cactus, and the place they finally found was Mexico City.
Albania's national flag and emblem, as well as the national emblems of Russia and the former Yugoslavia, are all double-headed eagle patterns, which were handed down from the Eastern Roman Empire. When Constantine the Great built Constantinople, in order to take care of the eastern and western parts of the Roman Empire at the same time and keep it in an important position, he chose the symbol of double-headed eagle. Albania is called "the country of Shan Ying" because of its national flag.
Moldova's national flag and emblem also have eagle patterns.
Egypt's national flag and emblem are the images of Saladin's eagle.
In addition, countries that use the eagle pattern in the national emblem include Romania, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Germany, Austria, Poland, United Arab Emirates, Czech Republic, Libya, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Russia, South Africa and other countries.
The monkey-eating eagle in the Philippines is the largest eagle known in the world and the national bird of the Philippines.