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Chapter 1045 Raptor Golden Eagle (22)

The next day

As soon as it was dawn, everyone packed their luggage, reluctantly left the beautiful hot spring valley, and continued to start a new day of investigation.

The place everyone is going to today is called Eagle Rock, which is not a rock, but a towering cliff.

After walking for about two hours on the rugged mountain road, passing through high mountains and walking out of the last dense forest, we finally came to an open mountain plain.

Looking around, there is a towering cliff in front of it, hundreds of meters high, majestic. Standing in front of it, I feel so small.

Suddenly, a howl of an eagle pierced the sky, breaking the tranquility of Eagle Rock at once.

I saw a huge eagle leaping from the cliff, straight into the sky, soaring recklessly in the sky, like a king patrolling his own territory, majestic and majestic.

"It happened!!" Suddenly Zhang Feng seemed to think of something, and then his face changed drastically.

"What's the matter, Xiaofeng??" Seeing Zhang Feng's change, Master Paoshan asked hastily.

However, before Zhang Feng could answer, a bigger and more majestic eagle soared into the sky, like lightning, straight to the nine heavens.

The eagle in the sky was furious when it found someone of its kind intruding into its territory, and immediately swooped down on Zhang Feng's sparrowhawk, as if it wanted to use its height advantage to defeat the intruder.

"Not good, the Golden Eagle is going to fight the Sparrowhawk!!"

Facing the menacing golden eagle, Sparrowhawk was not afraid, soaring up against the sky, quickly soaring into the sky, dodging the golden eagle's first attack.

In this way, the offensive and defensive positions of the two were different, and the golden eagle lost its height advantage. Instead, the sparrowhawk flew high into the sky, then turned around flexibly, and immediately rushed towards the golden eagle.

Seeing the two raptors fighting in the sky, it was like a fierce air battle. The two sides seemed to be evenly matched, but only Zhang Feng knew that his Sparrowhawk must not have started to exert its strength, because after the transformation of Qiling Pill, the Sparrowhawk Its combat effectiveness has far surpassed that of ordinary raptors.

However, it seems that the Golden Eagle's non-stop provocations completely angered the Sparrowhawk. The Sparrowhawk started to get serious. The feathers on the wings fell off.

A wail pierced the sky, and the golden eagle's flying posture became crooked, as if it had really suffered a lot of damage.

Seeing this, the experts below were all worried and asked Zhang Feng for help.

"Xiaofeng, can you separate them??"

Seeing everyone looking at him with piercing eyes, Zhang Feng nodded immediately, and then shouted loudly to the sparrowhawk in the sky: "Little sparrow! Come back!!"

Hearing the master's call, Sparrowhawk looked at the master hesitantly, then at the golden eagle who was a little afraid of him, and finally turned around and flew back, and flew in front of Zhang Feng with a swoop, and kissed him with his head. Rubbing the owner's body.

Seeing the intruders leave, the golden eagle didn't dare to continue to provoke, and fled back to its lair in desperation, hiding on the cliff to heal silently.

"Finally separated!" Seeing the end of the battle between the two, the experts were all relieved.

This is the Golden Eagle and the mutated Sparrowhawk. If anyone of the two is injured, everyone will be worried to death. Fortunately, the battle between the two sides is finally over, and the situation is not bad. Although the Golden Eagle is injured, it should not be injured. Nothing serious.

After the war, Professor Zhou asked the two young team members to rush to find the feathers dropped by the golden eagle. For biologists, this is also a rare good thing.

Because wild golden eagles are rare, especially in China, such birds of prey are even rarer.

"Professor Zhou, is this really a golden eagle?"

Everyone was stunned to find the golden eagle in Qinglong Mountain. Even though they saw it with their own eyes just now, they still couldn't believe their eyes.

Golden eagle! !This is the king of raptors, arguably one of the most ferocious raptors in the world.

In Huaxia, it is the same as Hai Dongqing, it is a legendary existence.

"Well, this is indeed a golden eagle!"

The golden eagle belongs to the eagle family and is a well-known bird of prey in the northern hemisphere.The golden eagle is famous for its outstanding appearance and agile and powerful flight; the average wingspan of an adult bird is more than 2 meters, and the body length can reach 1 meter, and its legs and claws are all covered with feathers.

It generally lives in mountainous or hilly areas, especially on the cliffs of valleys and nests on the protrusions of mountain walls.It inhabits alpine grasslands, deserts, river valleys and forests, and often goes to mountain hills and foot plains in winter, with a maximum altitude of more than 4000 meters.Feeds on large and medium-sized birds and beasts.Distributed in the temperate, subarctic, and frigid regions of the northern hemisphere.

"Don't golden eagles generally live in the north?" At this moment, a young expedition member asked curiously.

"Hehe, it is true that golden eagles generally live in the north, but they are also distributed in the south, such as Guizhou Province, Sichuan Province and other regions." Professor Zhou explained with a slight smile.

The golden eagle is a large bird of prey.The total length is 76-102 cm, the wingspan is 2.3 meters, and the weight is 2-6.5 kg.The top of the head is dark brown, the feathers from the back of the head to the back of the neck are long and pointed, in the shape of willow leaves, the feather base is dark reddish brown, the feather ends are golden yellow, with dark brown feather stem lines.The upper body is dark brown, the shoulders are lighter, and the back and shoulders are slightly adorned with purple luster;

Golden eagles live in grasslands, deserts, river valleys, especially in alpine coniferous forests, and often move in mountain hills and mountain foot plains in winter, with a maximum altitude of more than 4000 meters. They are often found on the top of rocky cliffs in mountains and tall trees in open areas during the day Rest on the ground, or prey on barren hillsides, cemeteries, bushes, etc.

They usually move alone or in pairs, and sometimes form smaller groups in winter, but occasionally large groups of about 20 can be seen gathering together to catch larger prey.

It is good at soaring and gliding. It often hovers in a straight line or circle at high altitude while looking down at the ground to look for prey. It lifts its wings in a "V" shape, and uses soft and flexible wings and tail changes to adjust the direction and height of flight. , speed and flight attitude.

After finding the target, it often falls from the sky at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour, and stops the flapping wings at the last moment, then firmly grasps the head of the prey, and stabs the sharp claws into the skull of the prey. cause immediate loss of life.It preys on dozens of prey, such as geese and ducks, pheasants, squirrels, roe deer, deer, goats, foxes, marmots, hares, etc., and sometimes small animals such as mice.

A trained golden eagle can chase a wolf for a long distance on the grassland. When the wolf is exhausted, one claw grabs its neck and the other claw grabs its eyes, making the wolf lose the ability to resist. There was once a golden eagle A record of catching 14 wolves successively.In contrast, its carrying capacity is poor, with a load capacity of less than 1 kg.

When catching larger prey, dismember it on the ground, eat the good meat and internal organs such as heart, liver, lungs, and then divide the rest in half and bring them back to the habitat in batches .

"Tsk tsk!!" Hearing that the golden eagle was so ferocious, Zhang Feng was also amazed! !

(End of this chapter)