![]() In 2021, researchers revealed Archaehierax sylvestris, a previously unknown species that likely hunted large koalas around 25 million years ago. gaffae is not the only ancient eagle that has been discovered in Australia in recent years. Both of these species had wingspans similar to D. gaffae: Gigantohierax suarezi, which hunted giant rodents in Cuba, and New Zealand's giant Haasts eagle ( Hieraaetus moorei), which plunged headfirst into dead prey to eat the organs. Only two known species of extinct eagle were larger than D. jefferyi both have large and powerful legs for their size, enabling them to attack and carry away large prey, study lead author Ellen Mather, a doctoral candidate of paleontology at Flinders University, wrote in an article for Australasian Science. gaffae has a similar body shape to living eagles in the genus Spilornis, which includes six species living in Asia the largest of these, the Philippine eagle ( Pithecophaga jefferyi), preys upon monkeys, lemurs and bats, as well as juvenile pigs and deer. gaffae before the larger eagle species went extinct.ĭ. gaffae was more than twice the size of Australia's wedge-tailed eagle ( Aquila audax), which is alive today and likely co-existed with D. gaffae was nowhere near as large as the giant eagles from "The Lord of the Rings," which had a wingspan of up to 75 feet (23 m) in the films by Peter Jackson, according to Wiki Fandom. (Image credit: Shutterstock)ĭespite its extraordinary size, D. The division between duty and desire is as destructive for ordinary folk as it is for mighty villains, and the consequences just as far-reaching.Researchers say that Dynatoaetus gaffae had a body shape similar to the living Philippine eagle ( Pithecophaga jefferyi). His pathetic obsession with his “precious” nearly causes Middle Earth to fall into the hands of Sauron, revealing how even one divided soul manifests the sins of the whole world. But petty corruption is not a lesser sin. Most of us have little inclination to dominate the cosmos like Sauron rather, like Gollum, we merely corrupt our mundane realities. He is an ordinary sinner, like you and me, characterized by small virtues and petty vices. Through Gollum’s divided soul we identify the blessing of love and the curse of rejection in the space between duty and desire. To address this question, we turn to The Lord of the Rings, which contains an overt examination of the divided soul in Gollum, formerly Smeagol, whose internal division is so stark that the warring parts of his personality have different names. The pre-eminence of love raises the question: what has love to do with the divided soul (which is ostensibly the topic of this column)? In The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, there are several types of creatures distantly related to dragons. ![]() Love is the dividing line of every enduring story. And it is this that undergirds everything.Įvery stream of knowledge throughout time and place acknowledges the fundamental necessity of love for human well-being. ![]() Like most children I was, despite the yet unknown frailties of my parents, beloved. ![]() More often, however, love was as unconscious as air. On the other hand, my father was undeniably superior in the essential matters of jokes, tickles, patience, and asking “who’s there” whenever I felt the urge to query “knock-knock.” I puzzled over the question until I gave up, climbed into my father’s lap, and snuggled into his chest while he wrapped his arms around me. On my mother’s side were the salient points that she was-like me-a girl, that she had soft hands, and that she was shortly to provide me with a baby brother. ![]() My first conscious memory of love is an interior debate I carried on with myself at the age of four on the subject of which parent I loved most. Gollum in Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” films, played by Andy Serkis ![]()
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