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Originally Posted by Inziladun
I would think the Eagles susceptible to the same things as other truly embodied spirits like the Istari and Ents. The poisonous air of Mordor would have had two sources: smoke from Mt. Doom and the "reek" of whatever industrial or sorcerous activities Sauron had been up to. The pollution would not have been present in all the air, but in layers. The Eagles could find a relatively clean slot in which to do most of their flying, probably. Short term exposure to the fumes when moving through layers shouldn't have been too harmful.
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The poisonous air will be all around the atmosphere. How are they going to find clean shot, especially after such a terrible eruption? No, I don't think Eagles will be affected like ordinary beings. Gandalf went with them too, does he complain anything like that? Or if they were affected, it didn't do much harm to them. Frodo and Sam spent days in those circumstances, and after the volcanic eruption hours(I think it took few hours for Eagles to get there). They were not around the MD for a very long time. Not as long as Frodo and Sam were.