Today Xiaobian to talk about the strongest creatures in the air, no creatures live in the sky, the following introduces 10 kinds of strongest creatures that can fly.
0. Andean Condor
Andean Condor
It is a black vulture that lives mainly in the Andes Mountains of South America and is currently the largest flying bird in the world, not along with the largest being the ostrich. It can reach 1.3 meters in length, weighs 15 kilograms, its wings are spread at 3.2 meters, higher than 1 storey, and it is also the longest-lived bird in the world, with a lifespan of more than 100 years; it is all black, but it has a circle of white hair on its neck and no hair on its head; the male condor, like a chicken, has a meat crown; mainly inhabits the rock wall at an altitude of 3,000 meters, and because of its large and heavy body, it cannot take off in situ. It jumped off the cliff and flew up using the air current, did not flap its wings, and kept soaring; Darwin once observed this kind of eagle, not flapping its wings for half an hour, relying on the air current to hover overhead. Although they are very much like eagles when they soar, they are not aggressive in soaring, they do not raid, they do not attack other animals, it mainly eats carrion; it has to find corpses on the ground when it flies; and their claws are particularly straight, and there is no hook on their fingernails, which are not suitable for catching prey, and can only walk on the ground.
This kind of carrion-eating animals has great significance to nature, if they do not eat the carcasses of those large animals, it is easy to cause plague, they are considered a cleaner of nature; and it is precisely because they eat carrion that their heads are bald, you see eagles do not eat carrion, their heads are full of hair.
If you want to see some birds, its head is convex, it means that it eats carrion, and most of this carrion-eating bird does not have the tendency to actively attack humans; this Andean god belongs to a near-threatened species, the number is not much, the main reason for their decline is that the habitat is constantly occupied by humans, and there is a history that this condor may attack domestic animals, humans have hunted on a large scale; later learned that this guy only eats corpses; and the Andean condor is a symbol of many countries in South America, such as Chile. Colombia and Argentina revere it as a sacred bird.
1. Eagle owl
Eagle owl
It is the largest in the world, we commonly known as the owl, its scientific name is called owl, owl is a subject, there are many genera under the order, there are many varieties, eagle owl is a genus of eagle owl; it can reach 90 cm in length, weigh more than 4 kg, wings spread up to 1.8 meters, the body color is gray-brown, especially suitable for concealment, generally in the jungle, come out at night;
Its biggest feature is that there are two feathers on the head, this feather is not an eyebrow, it is an ear, called an ear feather. Its wingspan reaches 1.8 meters, but it has no sound when flying, and it especially likes to catch some small animals such as rats in the jungle;
Among birds, there are no birds at night that are more powerful than owls. This large owl lives on a very wide range, can be seen throughout Eurasia, belongs to the completely fearless nocturnal animals, and is very numerous;
2. Bald Eagle
bald eagle
It is a large bird living in North America, it has a close relative of the white-tailed sea eagle, in fact, they were originally a species, and later due to genetic mutations, they formed a white head and a white tail. The two of them are similar in size, with a maximum body length of 1.1 meters, a wingspan of 2.4 meters, and a weight of 7 kg;
The bald eagle is very good-looking and is a unique species in North America; it was designated as the national bird of the United States in 1782, which is the symbol of the United States; since ancient times, North American Indians have enshrined it as a sacred bird and have its feathers inserted on its head. The United States has a special law on sea eagle feathers, which cannot be taken casually, nor bought, sold, or collected; this feather can only be obtained by Indians for religious purposes;
Native American
The bald eagle is very aggressive, its mouth and claws are very sharp, its main predator is fish; its life span can reach more than 50 years, they are still monogamous, once married, until death,
Also never change the nest, once living in a place, live for a lifetime, so it will be larger and larger, the largest degree of 2 tons, diameter of 3 meters;
3. Golden eagle
golden eagle
The golden eagle is a bird of prey that lives in the northern hemisphere, mainly in North America, North Africa, Russia, northern China, and northern Japan; its feathers are dark brown, and its head is golden brown, so it is called the golden eagle. It is less than 1 meter long, with a wingspan of 2.2 meters, a maximum weight of 7 kg, and its flight ability is particularly outstanding; it is estimated that everyone cannot distinguish what is an eagle, what is an eagle, what is a falcon; the eagle is a large eagle, the eagle is not a special genus, the eagle is a special genus; the trumpet eagle is called an eagle, and there is a falcon, the falcon is not the same as the eagle, the falcon is a separate genus, and the falcon is a little smaller than the eagle;
falcon
The golden eagle is hovering in the air, it will swoop and catch, the speed is very fast, the vision is particularly good, can clearly see anything five kilometers away, the best vision can see the activity of 36 kilometers away; they like to catch rabbits, generally rabbits can not run away; it belongs to the large hunting animal expert, the golden eagle grip of nearly 100 kg.
4. Battle Eagle/Eagle
Battle Eagle/Eagle
It is less than 1 meter long, weighs 6.5 kg, has a wingspan of 2.6 m, and has a grip of more than 100 kg, it lives in south-central Africa, belongs to the vulnerable species, and its number is not much; it is characterized by white hairs on the chest, and black dots. Some countries call it a sesame carving; its prey objects are small animals, including ponies, small antelopes, small lizards, small snakes, small monkeys, small baboons, little wolves, etc.;
5. Tiger head sea eagle
Tiger head sea eagle
The tiger-headed sea eagle is fishing for a living, it can reach 1.05 meters in length, wingspan of 2.5 meters, weighs 9 kilograms; it lives in northern Asia and northeastern Russia, particularly cold places, Siberia, the Korean Peninsula, Hokkaido, close to the sea; it is also a vulnerable species, no more than 5,000 in the world. Its ancestors lived in the Arctic Circle, conforming to the Borgman law, and the further north the animal became, the larger the head; its feathers were mainly black and dark brown, and its mouth was golden.
6. Fleshy vultures
Fleshy vultures
It lives mainly on the African continent and the Arabian Peninsula, with a body length of up to 1.15 meters, a weight of 14 kilograms, and a wingspan of 2.9 meters. Her mouth was particularly large and was its main weapon; why was it called a fleshy vulture? Because it has two flesh hangings on both sides of its head, it is a vulture, it eats carrion, but it is also aggressive; if it does not eat carrion, it will choose to prey on live animals; it will attack live animals, such as antelopes, birds, lizards, and sometimes steal bird eggs. In order to eat unscrupulously, it is called the hooligans of the African savannah; it is also a vulnerable species, estimated to be no more than 10,000; the reason for the less is on the one hand, human hunting, and poisoning by drugs.
7. Filipino carving
Filipino carving
It is commonly known as the Philippine eagle, officially called the ape-eating eagle; it lives mainly in the Philippines, is the national bird of the Philippines, belongs to the critically endangered species, and currently has no more than 1,000 known numbers. The reared Filipino eagle is 1.05 meters long, weighs 9 kilograms, has a wingspan of 3 meters, and the wild Filipino eagle is about 7 kilograms; it lives in the jungle and has very good flight ability. Its beak is black, its feathers are dark brown, its abdomen is white, and its biggest feature is that its eyes are pale blue; it mainly preys on monkeys, snakes, and cats in the jungle, mainly monkeys;
8. African crown eagle
African crown eagle
Africa is commonly known as the piranha, or flying leopard; the African crown eagle and the African war crane, all live in central Africa raptor, its body length is less than 1 meter, weight 7.5 kg, wingspan of 2 meters, claw length of 19 cm, grip of more than 100 kg; it is different from the war eagle, the war eagle sees people and runs; and the African crown eagle sees people and rushes over, which is a particularly aggressive bird; in 1924, South Africa once found some primitive people's skulls, there are holes in the skulls, and later found that it is the holes of this kind of eagle. In recent times, many people have been attacked by African crown eagles; it mainly preys on monkeys and antelopes.
9. Horn carving
Horn carving
The horned eagle is also called the Hobbit, the name of the Harpy comes from a figure in Greek mythology, called Halpier, an eagle-bodied demon; it lives in Central and South America, a large bird of prey, with a body length of up to 1.08 meters, a wingspan of 3 meters, and a weight of up to 11 kilograms; its head feathers stand up, looking like horns, so it is called a horned eagle, but in some places it is also called a fan eagle, and the feathers on its head are like fans when they are erected; it is huge, but it does not make any sound in flight. It is a master of hunting, and the claws are particularly large, the claw fingernails are 13 cm long, with the maximum grip of birds - 179 kg, mainly preying on monkeys, raccoons, porcupines, otters, macaws, snakes, lizards, deer, but it does not attack humans;
10. Black-headed forest partridge
Black-headed forest partridge
It is a small bird that lives in northern Australia and New Guinea, with a head, wings, tail and orange red; why is it in the last place? Because it is a very small number of poisonous birds. It has highly toxic feathers and skin, and the scientific name of this toxin is arrow poison frog alkali, which can paralyze the human heart and nervous system in trace amounts, and if there is a wound on the hand, it is enough to be fatal;
Poison dart frog
Speaking of poison dart frog alkali, it is associated with poison dart frog, poison dart frog living in the tropical rainforest of Central and South America, small frogs, colorful, body length of no more than 6 cm, strawberry color, gold, red variety of various; its color is to warn the threat, tell them that it is poisonous;
175 species of poison dart frogs were found, 55 of which were poisonous, the most poisonous was golden, but most of them were not poisonous; the poisonous poison dart frog, whose skin secreted poison dart frog poison, could be killed in trace amounts;
Its toxin mainly depends on what kind of food it eats, if it eats poisonous small bugs, then it will synthesize arrow poison frog alkali toxin in the body;
The black-headed forest partridge also eats poisonous beetles, and its body begins to be poisonous, but it is used for defense. It doesn't actively attack animals and humans, but it can't touch it.
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