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2 weeks agoThere's no such thing as a seahawk, actually
Wash.a city north of Seattle that claims to be the original home of the name seahawk for its high school mascotthe name arose as a nickname for the osprey because of its talons that are uniquely fit to catch fish. Ospreys go by other names, too, including river hawk and fish hawk, and they embark on these long, arduous journeys and have to survive a lot of obstacles, says Robert Domenech, executive director of the Raptor View Research Institute in Montana.
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