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Asked by: Floyd Torreche
medical health eye and vision conditionsCan an eagle look directly into the sun?
The eagle's eyes are very sharp and cansee fish when the bird flies over water. The eagle can lookdirectly into the sun. As a test of the worthiness of itsyoung, the eagle holds them up facing the sun. Thebirds that cannot stare into the sun and turn their eyesaway are cast out of the nest.
Then, do eagles fly towards the sun?
Eagles and the Sun The eagle settled the matter by flinging himselfinto a fire and, thus, becoming thesun.
Simply so, do Eagles really fly above storms?
Eagles definitely do use the winds (andsome quite strong), as well as "updrafts" coming off hills andmountains. This helps them to gain altitude and set them up for along, soaring flight to another location, especially whenthey migrate great distances north or south.
The normal or a 'good' vision for a human is20/20. Eagles, however, have retinas with cones andhave a much deeper fovea—a cone-rich structure in theback of the eye. These give them a visual acuity of an impressive20/5, or 20/4 which allows them to hunt even the tiny prey fromhundreds of feet up in the air.