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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blubeak_2007" data-source="post: 1621992" data-attributes="member: 50530">That is your opinion but looking to the structure of the birds beak of Steller and Philippine eagles the compressed large arch dagger like beak is a lot stronger than the hallow inverted "V" shape of the Steller's beak. In strength of materials looking at these shape I would say the Philippine eagles beak is stronger than the Steller's which is basically a FISH eater. While the Philippine eagle eats reptiles and mammals. Philippine retcs python are the most common snakes in the Philippine forests you can occasinally find one even in the cities and populated urban areas. I beleived it's not the one time encounter of the eagle and the python as you were saying. Philippine eagles are more closely related to snake eagles than the Harpies group of eagles. It regularly take snakes for a prey.</blockquote>