Have you ever seen a Bald Eagle in the wild eating it’s dinner or breakfast and just wondered how they know whether or not if their food is spoiled or if it’s safe to eat?! Let’s find out!
Bald Eagles can taste their food but they cannot smell their food very well so they depend on their taste to tell them whether or not their new found meal is spoiled or is safe and still okay to eat.
If a Bald Eagle tastes a certain food and believes that it is spoiled, the Eagle will turn away from the meal and will not eat it.
This being said Bald Eagles unlike other animals do not have a keen sense of smell to help them locate food so instead they depend on their incredible eyesight to help them hunt and locate food.
Bald Eagles live near marshes, lakes and rivers where they hunt and locate staple foods such as fish, turtles, waterfowl (such as ducks, loons and etc.), squirrels, rabbits, snakes and other small animals.
When a Bald Eagle selects and locates it’s meal the Eagle will then make a dive for its meal, diving at speeds of 75mph to 100mph.
After finding it’s dinner or supper as we say here in the South, the Eagle will decide whether or not they want to eat their meal where they found it or if they want to bring it back to the nest. It’s kinda like us when we decide whether or not we want to eat out or get it to-go.
I hope ya’ll all enjoyed learning this unique facts about these beautiful animals as they truly are one of a kind!
Gracie Latrelle 
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