Bears Morals Seals Species 
10,000 Birds
MAY 6, 2011
It was chosen as the national bird by dint of its inclusion in the National Seal of the United States, which happened by an act of the Continental Congress on 20 June 1782. He is a Bird of bad moral Character. The Bald Eagle is the national bird of the United States of America. He does not get his Living honestly.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
Ever the moral perfectionist, Franklin argued that the turkey was a much more honorable and determined fowl, and suggested the bird – as an “original Native of America” – would make a decidedly more fitting avian mascot for the United States (seemingly implying – incorrectly – that the Bald Eagle is not an indigenous New World species).
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