20 incredibly cool owls that will not leave anyone indifferent
Photographers say that there are birds that you will never get tired of shooting, and that give a lot of positive emotions. These are owls. There are more than 420 types of them, and they are all very cool. Although they symbolize wisdom, they do not always look at the world with imperturbable philosophical calmness. They can make a disgruntled face, and stare angrily, and smile.
We also love owls. Well, because how can you not love them?
Many owls are happy to sit in the pouring rain. That's how they wash their feathers.
Owls are very talkative: they can "hoot", squeak, hiss, scream, and some species can laugh loudly.
There have been cases of an owl attacking a person.
In captivity, owls get used to people, heat and forget how to get food on their own.
And if you wanted to know how owls are weighed, then here. This is how they are weighed.
Five-week-old owl Tomsk with his plush friend.
Owls hear a cockroach crawling on the wall.
Owls do not build nests: they occupy ready-made or trample a hole right in the ground.
Owls inhabited the whole world. They are probably not found only in Antarctica.
Owls have binocular vision, which gives them the ability to accurately determine the distance to the selected victim.
Owls come out of the nest before they have learned to fly. Some crawling, some skipping.
Owls are very sociable and love to play.
Owls love the game of hide-and-seek: birds masterfully merge with their surroundings.
Owls are the only birds that, blinking, lower the upper eyelid, and do not raise the lower one, like all birds. This gives them a resemblance to a person.
Universal sadness in the look.
The mother owl incubates the laid eggs in turn. As soon as the first chicks hatch, the female flies off to hunt for food for them. Eggs laid later are hatched by older chicks.
In the family, the older chicks take care of the younger ones: they warm them and protect them from predators.
Owls see the world in black and white.
Owls have an extra third.
Owls can turn their heads 270° without harm to their health.
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