Bald eagle thought to be injured was actually just ‘too fat to fly’, officials say

There’s a reason there ain’t no wings on a pachyderm or a barnyard pig (just ask American folk singer Roger Alan Wade).

It’s the same reason wildlife officials in Missouri thought a bald eagle captured along the boundary of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield was injured.

“The bird was found to be healthy but engorged with raccoon — in other words, too fat to fly,” authorities wrote in a social media post.

X-rays provided by Dickerson Park Zoo show the outline of a large raccoon roadkill in the eagle’s stomach.

It was rehabilitated and released back into the park.

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