🦅 Bald eagle vs Great barracuda 🐟

Which one? Bald eagle or great barracuda

10 things to know about Bald eagle vs Great barracuda

1. The bald eagle: A big eagle with a white head that catches fish from rivers.
2. The great barracuda: A long, slim fish of warm shallow seas.
3. They are different kinds of animal. The bald eagle is a bird, so it has feathers and lays eggs; the great barracuda is a fish, so it breathes with gills.
4. The great barracuda is about twice as long as the bald eagle: 2 against 1.
5. The great barracuda weighs about 10 times as much as the bald eagle. That is 4 for the bald eagle and 2 for the great barracuda.
6. They are about the same. Usual lifespans: 1 for the bald eagle and 2 for the great barracuda.
7. Both eat fish. The bald eagle eats mostly fish, plus ducks and dead animals; the great barracuda eats fish, squid and sometimes shrimp.
8. The bald eagle lives in near lakes, rivers and coasts across North America. The great barracuda lives in warm shallow seas near the surface, in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans. They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet.
9. The bald eagle: doing fine (Least Concern on the IUCN Red List). 5
10. The great barracuda: doing fine (Least Concern on the IUCN Red List). 6

Wow facts

🦅 Bald eagle

• "Bald" is an old word for white-headed.
• A pair adds to the same nest year after year.
• Young bald eagles are brown and get their white head later.

🐟 Great barracuda

• A great barracuda lives in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.
• It stays near the surface in shallow water.
• It eats fish, squid and sometimes shrimp.

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