大雕——很大的鸟，有些人认为它是一个穿着戏服的人

来看看大雕，一种很大的鸟，有些人认为它是一个穿着戏服的人

Wow, now that’s a big bird! That’s the way most people react when they see a harpy eagle for the first time, whether in person or in a picture. The massive bird is, well, absolutely massive. Fierce. Proud. Majestic. With a steely glint in its eyes that practically says, “You’d better not mess with me, kiddo, I eat folks like you for breakfast.”

哇，现在那是一只大鸟!这是大多数人第一次看到大雕时的反应，无论是在人身上还是在照片上。巨大的鸟，嗯，绝对巨大。激烈。感到骄傲。雄伟的。它的眼睛闪着钢铁般的光芒，几乎在说:“你最好别惹我，孩子，我把你这样的人当早餐吃。”

The harpy eagle is so peculiar that from one angle, it seems a bit like a person cosplaying a bird straight from the Uncanny Valley. From another, it looks like a Pokemon (please tell me that you see it too). While from a third, it looks like something that might have been kept in a secure cage somewhere in Area 51, after crash-landing in an alien spacecraft that was heading to Earth from Blargon-7.

大雕非常奇特，从一个角度看，它有点像一个人在恐怖谷里直接扮演一只鸟。从另一个角度，它看起来像一个口袋妖怪(请告诉我你也看到了它)。而从第三个角度上看，它像是被关在51区的某个安全笼子里的什么东西，是在一架从布拉根7号飞往地球的外星飞船紧急着陆后发现的。

The harpy eagle is a bird of prey that lives in the rainforest, and it is huge

大雕是一种生活在热带雨林中的猛禽，体型巨大

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Harpy eagles are popular on the internet. For example, one compilation photo of the harpy eagle got over 91,600 upvotes in less than 20 hours on Reddit. While the same picture got more than 120,000 views on Imgur in a similar time-frame.

大雕在网上很受欢迎。例如，一张“大雕”的合辑照片在Reddit上不到20小时就获得了超过91,600条赞。而同样的照片在Imgur上获得了超过12万的点击量。

Some people think that harpy eagles look like people wearing a bird costume

有些人认为大雕看起来像穿着鸟类服装的人

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Now, harpy eagles aren’t to be taken lightly. They are, after all, birds of prey. There are two kinds of harpy eagles: the American and the Papuan types.

现在，我们不能掉以轻心。毕竟，它们是猛禽。大雕有两种:美洲大雕和巴布亚大雕。

Harpy eagles look incredibly serious and goofy at the same time

哈比鹰看起来不可思议的严肃和愚笨

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Harpy eagles are the largest, most powerful raptors to be found in rainforests around the globe. What’s more, they are among the very largest species of eagles on planet Earth. Their wingspan can reach up to 7 feet and 4 inches (224 centimeters), but they weigh only 8.5-20 pounds (3.8-9 kilograms).

热带大雕是在全球热带雨林中发现的最大、最强大的猛禽。更重要的是，它们是地球上最大的鹰类之一。它们的翼展可达7英尺4英寸(224厘米)，但体重只有8.5-20磅(3.8-9公斤)。

The bird has a very peculiar face

这只雕有一张非常奇特的脸

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Harpy eagles usually live in the upper canopy layer of tropical lowland forests. Unfortunately, due to the destruction of its habitat, it’s nearly eradicated in Central America. There are fewer than 50,000 of them left worldwide. In Brazil, the harpy eagle is also known by another name (which might be even cooler): the royal-hawk.

大雕通常生活在热带低地森林的上层冠层。不幸的是，由于栖息地的破坏，它在中美洲几乎被消灭了。全世界仅存不到5万只。在巴西，大雕还有一个更酷的名字:皇家鹰。

The eagle’s talons are nothing to laugh at

老鹰的爪子没什么可笑的

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According to Fact Zoo, harpy eagles eat larger prey than smaller birds: “Monkeys, tree porcupines, sloths, coatis, birds, snakes, lizards, etc.” We’re just glad that ‘people’ aren’t on that list!

根据事实动物园的说法，大雕比小雕捕食的猎物更大:“猴子、树豪猪、树懒、树懒、鸟、蛇、蜥蜴等等。”