Even in Greek mythology, were angry archaic deities, abduct children and the human soul. Nasty female predatory bird species, with flowing hair and terrible claws appeared with the suddenness of the storm and just disappeared into nowhere, like the wind. Actually, the word “harpy” is derived from the Greek “harpazein” – “steal”, “snap”.
In the Middle Ages harpies considered a symbol of greed, gluttony and untidiness.
In heraldry images crowned eagle with my wings and powerful clawed paws, which women’s breasts and head, symbolizing victory over the sordid enemy. Holders of the emblem with an image harpy made it clear that they were “ferocious when provoked.”
Surprisingly, the first thing that comes to mind when you see a predator – if nature has taken the image of the mythological harpies and make it a South American bird. In fact, of course, these people draw inspiration from around the world for their fantasies.
Surprisingly, the first thing that comes to mind when you see a predator – if nature has taken the image of the mythological harpies and make it a South American bird. In fact, of course, these people draw inspiration from around the world for their fantasies.
Austerity harpy attached black and white, with silver paint. But most importantly, without which the image of the birds would not be complete – elongated feathers on the head, that harpy with excitation up, demonstrating the crown in full glory. Here are the horns of the feathers on his head a terrible predator look a little funny.
Austerity harpy attached black and white, with silver paint. But most importantly, without which the image of the birds would not be complete – elongated feathers on the head, that harpy with excitation up, demonstrating the crown in full glory. Here are the horns of the feathers on his head a terrible predator look a little funny.
Meeting with the harpies in Nuremberg, has left some of the most vivid impressions of being in the city zoo, which was decorated with heraldic emblem of a female bird. A year later I met the rarest raptors in the Walsrode Bird Park and the wonderful zoo in Wuppertal. At the same time fortunate enough to see the harpies in Berlin Tirparke Friedrichsfelde, where in 1981 the world’s first managed to obtain offspring from predators.
Now, make inquiries, found that the aforementioned four zoo – the only place in Eurasia, where you can indulge in the observations for the harpies. Contain these eagles in several zoos in the U.S. (and in some they reproduce), and, of course, Brazil and Colombia.
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