Last month, a bald eagle took on a government drone in Michigan and won, according to state officials. The bird attacked the quadcopter drone at about 162 feet in the sky, “tearing off a propeller and sending the aircraft to the bottom of Lake Michigan.”
A spokesman with the state Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy said the attack “could have been a territorial squabble with the electronic foe, or just a hungry eagle.”
Most of us have seen an eagle soar in the air and have heard how they use air currents to lift them above storms. I had the joy of watching many eagles during an Alaskan cruise many years ago.
How can such a graceful creature attack a drone in midair and then fly away?
A miracle of design
I decided to research the eagle, which is known for flying alone instead of in flocks, as many other birds do (so it often fights alone). What I found helped me understand the Scripture: “They who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint” (Isaiah 40:31).
The wings of an eagle are a miracle in design.
So when God compares waiting on him with mounting up “with wings like eagles,” he had his unique creation in mind.
A large eagle has around seven thousand feathers, yet, their unique design keeps the bird lightweight but strong. Each feather is held together by more than 350,000 hooks visible under a microscope. The parts with hooks are called hook barbules. The parts they are hooked to are called bow barbules. Every part of the eagle feather is made up of keratin, the same substance found in fingernails for strength.
A female bald eagle can have a wingspan of almost eight feet, which remarkably weighs less than two pounds. The feathers overlap with air spaces between them, adding to the lightweight design. Pound for pound, an eagle wing is stronger…
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