It looks like a Vulture to me but heard it was suppossed to be an Eagle.
2006-07-08 02:29:08 · 7 answers · asked by tripledigit67 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
The Coat of Arms is charged in the center of the flag, and was inspired by an Aztec legend regarding the founding of Tenochtitlan. According to popular legend, the Aztec people, then a nomadic tribe, were wandering throughout Mexico in search of a sign that would indicate the precise spot upon which they were to build their capital. The god Huitzilopochtli had commanded them to find an eagle devouring a snake, perched atop a prickly pear cactus (nopal in Spanish) growing on a rock submerged in a lake. After two hundred years of wandering, they found the promised sign on a small island in the swampy Lake Texcoco. Here they founded their new capital, Tenochtitlan, which later became known as Mexico City, the current capital of Mexico. The current coat of arms, which was redesigned in 1968, was designed by Francisco Eppens Helguera and approved by President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz.
2006-07-08 02:35:18 · answer #1 · answered by The Chaotic Darkness 7 · 14⤊ 4⤋
It's a "caracara" - carrion-eating predatory hawk resembling both the eagle and the vulture. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards.
2006-07-08 02:36:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its an eagle with a snake in its mouth just do some research if you are very intrested to know
2006-07-08 18:45:52 · answer #3 · answered by chicana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably a vulture, pretty much sums up their culture and country
2006-07-08 02:32:19 · answer #4 · answered by futurehero5200 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's an eagle
2006-07-08 06:13:49 · answer #5 · answered by JAZY 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
beaky buzzard
2006-07-08 06:30:55 · answer #6 · answered by hayleylov 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i vote winged squirrell....
2006-07-08 02:33:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋