Apart from the eagle holding a snake, there is also a cactus.
The settlement of Tenochtitlan (which was the capital of the Aztec Empire and currently Mexico City - Mexico's capital) occurred after an omen took place. This omen was an eagle grabbing a snake in its talons. Therefore, this image is on the Mexican flag because it represents the birth of the Aztecs and much of Mexico's Cultural Institutions.
the eagle on the cactus represents how they found Tenochtitlan. they supposedly were told by the gods to settle where they see an eagle on a cactus. and they did, on a swamp island they turned into a huge city.
Because the eagle represents freedom which is what the U.S. is about
There is and eagle on the flag because an Aztec thought he saw a vision withe the eagel on the cactus with a snake in its mouth.
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The eagle is a large, powerful bird, that fears no predator.
the Bald Eagle is to represent the u.s
an eagle
the bald eagle
William Barton
what does Philippine eagle represent? it represent the national bird
The eagle, arrows, branches, red, white, blue, statue of liberty...........
Only the bald eagle
Ourselves.
Eagle represent 'power' and 'freedom'.
Eagle it is.
Eagle
i think it is a eagle