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What is a harpies symbol?
The word harpy is known in Roman and Greek mythology as female monsters. They had human faces and the body of a bird. The word itself means "snatchers".
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In Reptiles
Do harpy eagles eat anacondas?
Since Harpies not only live up in the canopy but also are found to hunt in the emergent areas or the ground, they probably do eat anacondas, more likely targeting the younger …or baby snakes over the larger adults. (MORE)
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In Mythology
Why did the harpies attack Phineas everyday?
they attacked phineas everyday because he was cursed . zeus blinded him and set the harpies to plague him because he was revealing too much of the god's truth to humans
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Why was Marie Antoinette drawn as a harpy?
It was at this time that the harpy animal (eagle) was discovered and everyone talked about it. The harpy was a hit. Marie Antoinette designed a mathematical figure and called …it "a la harpy". She used this design on her dresses, in her hair, etc. She was a trendsetter. Later on, when her popularity had gone, the people remembered how fond she had been of her harpy designs and how she had made it a trend. They depicted her as a harpy herself, a monster with huge claws trampling on the constitution. The makers of the pamphlet wanted the rest of the country to see her as a monster who hated France. (MORE)
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In Eagles
How long are harpy eagle talons?
I believe it's five inches for the hind talons (up to the size of a grizzly bear's claw).
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In Animal Life
What is a current population of harpy eagle?
The current population of the harpy eagle is 20,000 to 49,000. The population is declining at a rapid pace. The home range of the harpy eagle is South America.
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Why is the Harpy Eagle endangered?
they are endangered because some people hunt them for a few talons and mostly because when the first eaglet hatches it throws off the other eggs off the nest
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What is a harpy?
The Harpies were were mainly winged death-spirits best known for constantly stealing food from Phineas. A Harpy could also bring life. One Harpy was the mother of Zephyros, th…e West Wind. Harpies as beautiful winged bird-women are a late development, in parallel with the transformation of the "Siren, a creature malign though seductive in Homer, but gradually softened by the Athenian imagination into a sorrowful death angel." "Robbers". In earlier versions of Greek myth, Harpies were described as beautiful, winged maidens. Later they became winged monsters with the face of an ugly old woman and equipped with crooked, sharp talons. They were represented carrying off persons to the underworld and inflicting punishment or tormenting them. Those persons were never seen again. (MORE)
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In Eagles
Where does the Harpy Eagle come from?
Harpy Eagles come from tropical lowland forests from southeastern Mexico to northern Argentina and southern Brazil. Harpy Eagles prefer large expanses of uninterrupted forest,… but will hunt in open areas if they are forced to. ^_^ (MORE)
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In Eagles
How is the harpy eagle in danger from people?
From hunting and deforestation. Some farmers think that harpies could be a threat to livestock, and so they are shot quite a bit in the jungle. They have now gone extinct from… most of Mexico and Paraguay. (MORE)