The bald eagle has been the USA’s national animal ever since 1782 and even appears on its seal <\/p>
Perhaps the most well-known of all national animals is that of the United States. The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus<\/em>) is a large North American bird of prey with a wide range that covers most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous states, and parts of northern Mexico.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> It is thought that its national animal status came about because the founders of the US enjoyed comparing themselves to the classical Roman Republic, in which eagle imagery was prominent.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The bald eagle is in the sea eagle genus and as such has a diet comprising mostly of fish, which it swoops down and plucks from the water with its sizeable talons.<\/p>\n Did you know the bald eagle builds the largest tree nest<\/a><\/strong> ever recorded for any animal species.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> Main image: Bald Eagle \u00a9 Getty Images<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n The bald eagle has been the USA’s national animal ever since 1782 and even appears on its seal <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":24706,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/02\/whats-the-national-animal-of-the-usa.jpg",2446,1225,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/02\/whats-the-national-animal-of-the-usa-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/02\/whats-the-national-animal-of-the-usa-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/02\/whats-the-national-animal-of-the-usa-768x385.jpg",768,385,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/02\/whats-the-national-animal-of-the-usa-1024x513.jpg",800,401,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/02\/whats-the-national-animal-of-the-usa-1536x769.jpg",1536,769,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/02\/whats-the-national-animal-of-the-usa-2048x1026.jpg",2048,1026,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The bald eagle has been the USA's national animal ever since 1782 and even appears on its seal","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/24704"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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