₦airaland Forum

Kobojunkie:
Ok . . . so which particular eagle was chosen and WHY?

Rufous Flycatcher-thrush

https://www.sanghalodge.com/media/.gallery/main328.jpg


The Rufous Flycatcher-thrush (Neocossyphus fraseri or Stizorhina fraseri) is a species of bird in the thrush family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous_Flycatcher-thrush

Kobojunkie:
I saw some of those too. But which particular species is common to NIgeria? I saw robins, and Owls as well, growing up in Nigeria, but it turns out that they are not really indigenous species.

I don't know of ever reading of the eagle being selected as a national animal or anything of the sort. We have hyenas, vultures and so many other species I am well aware of. Why not those? Why this particular one?

Tawny Eagle

It breeds in most of Africa both north and south of the Sahara Desert

Kobojunkie:
So, any information out there specifying which of those species exists IN Nigeria. Also, if you can, find us data on how the Eagle was selected for this particular case.

Eddeux:
^^^ That thing looks dangerous.

Range and habitat

This species is still quite common near freshwater lakes, reservoirs, or rivers, although they can sometimes be found near the coast at the mouths of rivers or lagoons. As their name implies, African Fish Eagles are indigenous to Africa, ranging over most of continental Africa south of the southern-most edge of the Sahara Desert.

Eagles are large birds of prey which are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other.

Most of the more than 60 species occur in Eurasia and Africa.


Outside this area, just two species (the Bald and Golden Eagles) can be found in the United States and Canada, nine more in Central and South America, and three in Australia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle

The African Hawk Eagle (Aquila spilogastra) is a large bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.

The African Hawk Eagle breeds in tropical Sub-Saharan Africa. It is a bird of wooded hills, building a stick nest about 3 feet (almost 1 meter) in diameter in the fork of a large tree. The clutch is generally one or two eggs.

This is a small to medium-sized eagle at about 55–65 cm in length. The upper parts are blackish. Its underparts are white heavily streaked with black. The underwing flight feathers are white with a black trailing edge. The underwing coverts are mostly black with white spots.

Sexes are similar, but young birds are brown above and rufous coloration replaces the black underparts of the adult.

The African Hawk Eagle hunts small mammals, reptiles, and birds up to the size of a francolin. The call is a shrill kluu-kluu-kluu.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Hawk_Eagle

So where is the eagle in Nigerian folktales, mythology or other customs. Where does the eagle surpass the Leopards, tortoise, lions or even the snakes symbolism in Nigerian cultures?

ezeagu:
So where is American-Ancient Greek music, cinema and language?

You really want to compare an African country copying the US to the Greek reivial (Greek is noted as the source) in American (which is just an extension of Europe) and European architecture. Please, can you tell me if Nigeria is as related to Greece as American culture and history is?

And implying that Nigeria is copying the US because they believe the ideas originally came from Africa is none sense, let us say the truth.

Sagamite:
Abi o. 

This is completely different from Clinton.

There is no basis of comparisons.

Clinton got a hot, sultry, sluppery, sticky, juicy, spluttering BJ in office. This guy just said a woman is good looking.

And, correction, Clinton was not even impeached. And any insinuation of impeachment was because Clinton lied under oath.

[size=16pt] For their part, the Greeks never attempted to hide where they'd learned about mathematics, astronomy and architecture.[/size]

To the Kemites, the physical and the spiritual were intertwined. The concept of Ma'at was as important as geometry.

But after the Greeks formed their interpretation, reason eventually edged out spirituality and this view of existence was passed down.

Plato, who was among the first to extol the advantages of reason over emotion in his Republic, inspired the 17th-century philosopher Rene Descartes.

Descartes' observations concerning reason inspired the modern scientific method, which has fueled a strictly rational inquiry of our existence

Sagamite:
True!!!

I am not saying I am going to picket his house to get him to rescind his position. 

I am just saying I find it ridiculous and such trend is becoming too common. So I am making it clear if I was the one, I would never resign.

Bluetooth, it is a simple question. You referred to a standard and I ask you to explain that standard, but yet you have not.

This is not part of the standard, it is just some people going overboard with what they do not understand. The system does not require him to resign over such.

ezeagu:
This has nothing to do with your last post, and if you didn't read what you were replying to properly here it is again:

1. You and your married brother play pranks on unsuspecting women

2. In the process you fell in love with one of your brothers conquests

3. The lady in question is much older than you and if you do decide to marry her, you will only be 10 years older than your step son

4. You found someone else but she possesses supernatural powers and caused your life to go upside down by making you lose your job, thus making it difficult for you to feed

5. You reported your findings to your pastor and he advised that you to leave this girl

6. You went back to your brothers conquest AKA ex-girlfriend and life started blooming again.

7. You went back to your pastor for prayer (not sure if it is the same one) but once again you have been told to call it quits with this one too.