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David James

‘The most American thing I’ve ever heard’: Bald eagles are getting lead poisoning from eating bullets

Whoever’s writing reality these days is a real hack and the metaphors they’re using are way too on the nose to be believable. Case in point, Bald eagles, the majestic national bird that’s a symbol of strength and freedom, are now suffering horrific neurologic problems from consuming lead bullets.

This sad avian news update came via the World Bird Sanctuary on X, who posted a distressing issue of a confused and bedraggled bald eagle suffering from lead poisoning:

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