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Viral Bluesky photo of an adult female Harpy Eagle draws awe and disbelief

A commenter explains the mythological origin of the name 'harpy'

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One reply gave a brief etymological and mythological history of the term 'harpy', contrasting harpies with sirens in Greek myth.

“The archaic form of 'Harpy' means something like 'snatcher'. The Greeks believed that if somebody disappeared without a trace, then Zeus had the harpies snatch them up.”

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