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  • - [Narrator] This is Bermani, a martial eagle,

  • the largest African eagle.

  • They have enough power in one foot to break a human arm.

  • As powerful as they are, their strength in numbers

  • continues to decrease in the wild.

  • Martial eagles weigh in at around 14 pounds,

  • with a wingspan up to eight and a half feet.

  • Bermani is native to sub-Saharan Africa,

  • preferring open woods, wooded savannah

  • and thorn bush habitats.

  • He is an apex predator, sitting at the top

  • of the avian food chain.

  • Unfortunately, they are being persecuted by humans,

  • mistakenly believed to be a predatory threat to livestock.

  • In reality, domestic animals make up

  • a very small percentage of their diet.

  • Add to that a shrinking habitat, which reduces prey,

  • the martial eagle population is dwindling fast.

  • This is the martial eagle.

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- [Narrator] This is Bermani, a martial eagle,

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