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The eagle, in a combative stance; The snake, held by a talon and the beak of the eagle; The nopal on which the eagle stands; The nopal bears some of its fruits ; The pedestal, on which the nopal grows, immersed in the Aztec symbol for water; Oak and laurel leaves encircling the eagle cluster; tied together with a ribbon with the Mexican flag's ...
The coat of arms is rooted in the legend where the god Huitzilopochtli told the Aztec people where to build their city: where they saw an eagle eating a snake on top of a cactus. [3] The bottom half of the coat of arms has oak and laurel leaves encircling the eagle.
This bird is known in Spanish as águila real (literally, "royal eagle"). In 1960, the Mexican ornithologist Martín del Campo identified the eagle in the pre-Hispanic codex as a crested caracara or "quebrantahuesos", a species common in Mexico (although the name "eagle" is taxonomically incorrect, as the caracara is a type of falcon).
The coat of arms of Mexico (1968) shows a Mexican golden eagle devouring a rattle snake. The coat of arms of Namibia (1990) has an African fish eagle. The flag of Kazakhstan has a soaring steppe eagle. The coat of arms of South Sudan (2011) has an African fish eagle. The emblem of Kyrgyzstan (2016) has a hawk.
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Cyclist crosses paths with gator eating python in Florida Everglades That scene brings us back nearly 20 years to another python and alligator encounter in the Everglades. They were trying to ...
The bateleur (/ ˌ b æ t ə ˈ l ɜːr, ˈ b æ t əl ɜːr /; [2] Terathopius ecaudatus), also known as the bateleur eagle, is a medium-sized eagle in the family Accipitridae. It is often considered a relative of the snake eagles and, like them, it is classified within the subfamily Circaetinae . [ 3 ]
More probably, the Zimbabwe birds represent sacred or totemic animals of the Shona – the bateleur eagle (Shona: chapungu), which was held to be a messenger from Mwari (God) and the ancestors, or the fish eagle (hungwe) which it has been suggested was the original totem of the Shona. [7]