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Curved thirteen-centimetre talons exert hundreds of pounds of pressure. The figure is taken from San Diego Zoo, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Harpy eagle talons are longer than grizzly bear claws

Curved thirteen-centimetre talons exert hundreds of pounds of pressure.

The harpy eagle is an apex avian predator patrolling Neotropical rainforest canopies. Armed with talons measuring up to thirteen centimetres long and powerful crushing feet, it easily snatches sloth adults and large monkeys straight out of tree branches.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Curved thirteen-centimetre talons exert hundreds of pounds of pressure. The figure is taken from San Diego Zoo, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a animals fact?: Yes. It sits on the Animals shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.