The bald eagle is a bird of prey-that is, a flesh-eating bird. Its Latin name-Haleaeetus leucocephalus-means 'white-headed sea eagle.' It is called 'bald' because the word was used in times past to mean white or white faced.
1 There are still occasional unconfirmed local reports of Spixâs macaw sightings in Serra da Capivara National Park. 2  Spixâs macaw is relatively long-lived, estimates suggest it could reach 20 to 30 years of age in the wild.
I ask him what Spuds MacKenzie was really like, if he was always as calm as he seemed in the commercials. Ah ah ah, he interrupts, Mr. MacKenzie is not a dog.. Honey Tree Evil Eye died of kidney failure at the age of 10 in 1993 âshe had an average lifespan for a healthy English bull terrier.ess than a year after Spuds' national TV debut, Strom Thurmond stood on the floor of the U.S. Senate chamber and waved a stuffed Spuds MacKenzie doll.