Honestly I’ve never realized before that from that low-quarter-view, the eagles actually look kinda cute and friendly, not intimidating like from the side or ridiculous like from the front.
Have you ever heard a Golden eagle call? They hae a weak thin call, like a seagull. This isn’t macho enough for the US, so they always play a different call on films, that of a hawk!
It’s the eye socket and positioning. You can kind of see the pocket created by their “brow” in that picture, but we see them as intimidating or what have you, because we are trying to interpret facial expressions as language.
Honestly I’ve never realized before that from that low-quarter-view, the eagles actually look kinda cute and friendly, not intimidating like from the side or ridiculous like from the front.
Have you ever heard a Golden eagle call? They hae a weak thin call, like a seagull. This isn’t macho enough for the US, so they always play a different call on films, that of a hawk!
A red tailed hawk in particular, IIRC.
I know someone who disagrees…
It’s the eye socket and positioning. You can kind of see the pocket created by their “brow” in that picture, but we see them as intimidating or what have you, because we are trying to interpret facial expressions as language.
Eagles are always cute to me, although maybe not always friendly