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 =How do eagles learn to fly?=
-There are no reports in ornithological journals or from the study of eagles by scientists that would indicate that eagles carry their young on their wings.
+There are no reports in ornithological journals or from the study of eagles by scientists that would indicate that eagles carry their young on their wings.  We actually contacted three well known scientists who study raptors (birds of prey such as eagles) and they indicated that the person telling the story was clearly making it up (we did not mention where we got this report) and one of the scientists got quite angry that someone would make up such an obviously false story.
-What does happen is that young eagles start to hop around the nest.  They will test their wings in the wind and gradually build up strength in their muscles sufficient to start rudimentary flying.  They will glide to nearby branches.  Once they actually begin to fly they are then known as "fledglings".
 ==Doesn't the Bible talk about this?==
-There are a couple of places in the KJV that refer to this phenomena, Exodus 19:4:
+There are a couple of places in the KJV that potentially refer to this phenomena, Exodus 19:4:
 :''Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Ex 19:4.</ref>