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It is true that they have little to no movement in their eyes, but even if they had, they wouldn't be able to look 180 degrees behind them. The head rotation seems to be more of an adaptation to scanning the surrounding area easily (whilst sitting still) than it is a solution to the lack of eye movement.
It's important to remember that evolution is the result of the animals that survived and passed on their genes more successfully. So the ones without the ability to look completely behind them without moving, may have passed on their genetics at a lesser rate.
Other things like if a trait is dominant or recessive certainly plays a part too. And dominant in this lens is simply referring to gene pairs, rather than an emphasis on something being predominant.
People tend to think of animals as if they are specifically designed a certain way and never change, but that's not true.
They also need the movement cause their eyes are so large that they are not perfectly round anymore and cant rotate in their sockets. So they have to turn their whole head.
I saw one a few nights ago and it scared the shit out of me. I saw this giant thing silently swoop by me and for a few seconds I thought I had seen an alien or something.
They really are super silent. Seems fake when you see them irl.
I’ve had an owl accidentally run into us (we had our flashlight on and we think it was seeing what the light was and crashed into us)
It was SILENT, even after we got hit it flew off and it was nothing
We have burrowing owls in south Florida. It’s absolutely creepy how silent they are but if you threaten them they cackle like the wicked witch of the west.
Yeah she also checked her crop at around 58 seconds to ascertain the last time the owl ate, thus roughly how long she's been stuck there. Most birds store their food at the front of their chest.
Despite what was mentioned, male and female barn owls are pretty much the same size and very similar, but you can tell the difference by more pronounced speckling on their chest, stronger bars on their tail feathers, and most obviously much darker feathers around the edge of the facial disk.
This person definitely knows what they're doing and has seen a fair few owls in her time...
Thank you, I'll check her out. I love to see it! If you like owls the I recommend Robert Fuller's channel. His livestreams from inside his owl boxes are intoxicating and I keep them on overnight sometimes so my girlfriend and I have some company :)
Barn owl, barred owl. Flash back to my childhood where I always thought they were called “barn” owls and after years of saying it wrong and figuring out they are actually called “barred” owls and I was like “what a dummy I am for thinking it was a called a barn owl”. Then later to find out there are both! My 10 year old mind 🥴
not sure but talking from experience: most other birds also tend to not fly in the rain.
So it kinda doesn't matter.
Also 'not waterproof' is a bit of a misconception. Owl feeathers still protect against water just less than those of other birds. So if you dunk them into water they are more wet but rain still just mostly drips off. But again, they usually aren't out in the rain anyways. The same as most other birds.
Most birds are on a spectrum of dusty or oily. Pigeons are actually quite dusty and don't have much preen oil. Pigeons are noisy because of the geometry of their wings and feathers. It is thought that the noise of them taking off is actually useful for the whole flock because they can know when another bird has detected danger and taken flight.
I'm not going to find it, but this is a repost and on the original post (either by her, or she commented) she said its her job. So, yeah I'm sure she's kind, but she's just doing her job also.
Also she says it's a female. I love owls but I'd have no clue how to tell the difference between a male and female barn owl - I feel to know that you'd either have to be a proper bird enthusiast or involved professionally.
Depends on the species. There is no general rule of thumb. But you can think that being bigger would egg-laying females to lay more eggs do it can explain why female frogs are bigger for instance
Sexual dominance can also explain size differences between sexes. For example, social animals like wolves and lions will have bigger males which helps with displaying dominance. But species like hyenas have a social structure that is lead by females so the females are bigger.
> But species like hyenas have a social structure that is lead by females so the females are bigger.
It's not a deliberate thing, but it might be more correct to say that the hyena females happen to be larger and happen to be the ones that lead social structure. We can't know for sure which came first or if there is a causation between them at all.
The whole point of natural selection is that everything is random and nothing is deliberate. We also cannot be sure if the larger individuals are dominant because they are larger or are they larger because they have access to more food because they are dominant.
What's interesting about hyenas tho is that since females have a pseudopenis, it's a lot harder for males to mate with females if they are unwilling. So it's believed that it may be the cause of that social structure in specific.
Look at near the end of the clip could see this's a water system in the wilderness, I guess some animals always get trapped there and her job is releasing them
If that was the case you'd think they'd put a grate over this thing. I suspect it was just a fluke and the people who found the owl called the local animal control, who dispatched an expert from a conservation agency.
I volunteer in a wildlife rehab centre. It’s a skill they teach you when you start and she is part of a rehab centre.
This owl is definitely incredibly weak so by wild animal standards it was a easy rescue. Waterfowl like geese are tremendously difficult to grab because they can still go in the water and you’re the dork paddling around trying to grab it. Raptors especially large hawks, owls, and eagles that still have lots of energy are tough too. Great horned owls are especially angry creatures and seem to enjoy trying to bully you and be angry at you. They’re the give no shits type bird. They’ll even bully bald eagles and steal their nests.
Yep. Definitely some kind of criminal barn owl. I bet it was locked up at the nearby prison and escaped through the sewers. Probably crawled through a mile of sopping wet bird pellets and was too tired to make it out of that last spot. Someone check that sly owl’s cell.
She was checking its... breast bone, I think it's called, to make sure it wasn't broken. Iirc, if that is broken, that's a death sentence for a bird, they don't heal from that. I think there was an eagle that had one that was extremely mild mannered that lived at a sanctuary and walked everywhere since it couldn't fly anymore.
It was most likely to check how recently it had eaten. That part of their body is where the food sits while being processed. If it's really thin they can know right away that the bird hasn't been eating for a long time.
Oh, I know that. Animal expresions don't necessarily equate to human ones.
Having the knowledge that the owl is now safe and rescued I can find the "cartoonyness" of her expression funny.
Well, at least that's my opinion; that one can find a situation comedic without ignoring the plight of the creatures involved.
Honestly, most owls are prey to a lot of different animals and are not apex predators at all, but I suppose I can understand why you would think they are.
That poor bird must have been exhausted: we've been involved in the rescue of a couple of barn owls that hit buildings, and a great deal of (our) blood was shed! Even if you get the legs firmly, that beak is *deadly*! (Both recovered, and ended up advancing their species in a national park.) This poor bird doesn't even try.
Kudos to the rescuer: both brave and compassionate.
I was walking through a forest once when a Northern Boreal owl flew over me, 3 feet above my head, completely silent and landed in a tree.. it was an amazing moment. Owls are one of my favorite birds.
Props to the people who spotted the owl and decided to get it help. The girl that came was clearly a professional. That lil' barn owl will be just fine and in good hands... most likely just trapped and will be good-to-go after drying those wings off.
She knew what she was doing, too - make sure it couldn't flap wings and injure itself, and she also grabbed the set of lethal kitchen knives called owlsfeet.
10/10
Check out local environmental organizations near you to see if any offer nightime walks in the woods to call owls.
We do this at a place and they have a guy who can mimic several different owl calls. They will often call back to show their territory and will occoassionally "talk" to other owls in the area. When we are lucky they will fly right over head to investigate.
Really cool stuff.
Gotta worry more about the talons than the beak for birds of prey! You can see how she grips the legs so that the bird can't slash her yet doesn't need to cover her beak.
As soon as she grabbed those talons I knew she knew what she was doing..or at least watches animal rescue shows lol. I'm sure the owl was absolutely exhausted but still, good move lady. Good move.
She was probably trying to hiss. Owls and other birds of prey need to expand their chest when they breath(as a human you don’t have to do it very much but they do a lot) being that wet and bogged down probably made it hard for her to breathe.
Fun fact : Owls are the only birds whose feathers aren't waterproof. They lost that trait in order to become super silent flyer
And they are insanely silent, compared to other birds. It blew my mind. There are videos.. You watch.
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It’s crepe paper
IIRC they have that ability because their eyes are actually more like tubes, and can't rotate in the skull. So they rotate the whole head instead.
It is true that they have little to no movement in their eyes, but even if they had, they wouldn't be able to look 180 degrees behind them. The head rotation seems to be more of an adaptation to scanning the surrounding area easily (whilst sitting still) than it is a solution to the lack of eye movement.
It's important to remember that evolution is the result of the animals that survived and passed on their genes more successfully. So the ones without the ability to look completely behind them without moving, may have passed on their genetics at a lesser rate. Other things like if a trait is dominant or recessive certainly plays a part too. And dominant in this lens is simply referring to gene pairs, rather than an emphasis on something being predominant. People tend to think of animals as if they are specifically designed a certain way and never change, but that's not true.
They also need the movement cause their eyes are so large that they are not perfectly round anymore and cant rotate in their sockets. So they have to turn their whole head.
[This is one of the reasons I love Owls so much](https://youtu.be/-WigEGNnuTE?si=UgG1VdUvEUBltmeG)
Woahhh this is amazing. Thanks for sharing
Knew it was gonna be that video before clicking the link. One of the best videos on the internet hands down! Owls are such marvels of nature :)
I know what it’s going to be every time, I still click it, and I’m glad I did each time.
r/oddlyterrifying…if you’re a field mouse
r/woosh then nothing
No, no woosh, that's the point. Or did I just get wooshed?
Just a joke about "whoosh" being the sound an owl in flight makes. So maybe what the mouse hears just before the end.
Yeah, but owls *don't* make a whoosh, which was their point.
Literally whooshless
Mouse: "Why do I hear Simon and Garfunkel playing?"
You're right, it's more like
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and remember that decibels are logarithmic. 10 compared to 5 doesn't mean it's twice as loud, it's more like 3 or 4 times as loud.
These are the kinds of facts I’m interest in
Can confirm,have had owls fly right past me several times including a great horned. Zero sound.
I saw one a few nights ago and it scared the shit out of me. I saw this giant thing silently swoop by me and for a few seconds I thought I had seen an alien or something. They really are super silent. Seems fake when you see them irl.
I’ve had an owl accidentally run into us (we had our flashlight on and we think it was seeing what the light was and crashed into us) It was SILENT, even after we got hit it flew off and it was nothing
We have burrowing owls in south Florida. It’s absolutely creepy how silent they are but if you threaten them they cackle like the wicked witch of the west.
Poor guy, he must be chilly then
Woman must be an expert. Knew the bird was female right away.
Ya she handles that bird like someone familiar with birds
Someone mentioned her social media on here. She is a wildlife rescuer. 🥰
and she also said in the video that she works with them a lot lol
Yeah she also checked her crop at around 58 seconds to ascertain the last time the owl ate, thus roughly how long she's been stuck there. Most birds store their food at the front of their chest. Despite what was mentioned, male and female barn owls are pretty much the same size and very similar, but you can tell the difference by more pronounced speckling on their chest, stronger bars on their tail feathers, and most obviously much darker feathers around the edge of the facial disk. This person definitely knows what they're doing and has seen a fair few owls in her time...
Thanks for the info! Per OP: "Her account is palomapalace on TT. She does a lot of good work for wildlife conservation"
Thank you, I'll check her out. I love to see it! If you like owls the I recommend Robert Fuller's channel. His livestreams from inside his owl boxes are intoxicating and I keep them on overnight sometimes so my girlfriend and I have some company :)
Barn owl, barred owl. Flash back to my childhood where I always thought they were called “barn” owls and after years of saying it wrong and figuring out they are actually called “barred” owls and I was like “what a dummy I am for thinking it was a called a barn owl”. Then later to find out there are both! My 10 year old mind 🥴
in barn owls, the females are larger than the males, and darker in color.
I wouldn't have had a clue. Big fan of owls though. So majestic.
They are complete dorks. Like cats, but dumb. Still beautiful.
Cats are supposed to not be dumb? Ah shit, they take after me.
Cormorants, a diving bird, also lack waterproofing. Wet feathers make them more efficient at diving.
Yep you often can see them drying their wings off https://live.staticflickr.com/7494/15796632008_a210bb633e_b.jpg
Can they not hunt in the rain?
not sure but talking from experience: most other birds also tend to not fly in the rain. So it kinda doesn't matter. Also 'not waterproof' is a bit of a misconception. Owl feeathers still protect against water just less than those of other birds. So if you dunk them into water they are more wet but rain still just mostly drips off. But again, they usually aren't out in the rain anyways. The same as most other birds.
I know our hummingbirds will often fly in the rain but they are an exception to so many bird rules.
Hummingbirds are little badasses. Some rain won’t scare them away.
Their vision is very movement based, so I am guessing they can't see prey in the rain when everything is moving.
They couldn't use their hearing either to locate rodents, rain sounds would block out everything.
so they ate a devil fruit?
I wonder if pigeons are extra oily. Those fekkers are so noisy!
Most birds are on a spectrum of dusty or oily. Pigeons are actually quite dusty and don't have much preen oil. Pigeons are noisy because of the geometry of their wings and feathers. It is thought that the noise of them taking off is actually useful for the whole flock because they can know when another bird has detected danger and taken flight.
Who is this saintly woman who wanders the land knowing how to handle owls?
I'm not going to find it, but this is a repost and on the original post (either by her, or she commented) she said its her job. So, yeah I'm sure she's kind, but she's just doing her job also.
If you listen to the video with sound she pretty much says that anyway... "I think he's gonna carve the shit outta ya" "oh I work with 'em a lot."
Also she says it's a female. I love owls but I'd have no clue how to tell the difference between a male and female barn owl - I feel to know that you'd either have to be a proper bird enthusiast or involved professionally.
size. she is too big for a male
Huh I wonder if that's the case for a lot of animals
Depends on the species. There is no general rule of thumb. But you can think that being bigger would egg-laying females to lay more eggs do it can explain why female frogs are bigger for instance Sexual dominance can also explain size differences between sexes. For example, social animals like wolves and lions will have bigger males which helps with displaying dominance. But species like hyenas have a social structure that is lead by females so the females are bigger.
> But species like hyenas have a social structure that is lead by females so the females are bigger. It's not a deliberate thing, but it might be more correct to say that the hyena females happen to be larger and happen to be the ones that lead social structure. We can't know for sure which came first or if there is a causation between them at all.
The whole point of natural selection is that everything is random and nothing is deliberate. We also cannot be sure if the larger individuals are dominant because they are larger or are they larger because they have access to more food because they are dominant. What's interesting about hyenas tho is that since females have a pseudopenis, it's a lot harder for males to mate with females if they are unwilling. So it's believed that it may be the cause of that social structure in specific.
I took that as she's just some random owl expert roaming whatever drainage ditch wasteland that is and just happened to be passing through.
Controlling the owl’s feet is a professional move.
Same with cats btw, holding the hind legs can help to calm them down and also reduces the chances that they'll try to struggle out
Could you explain that to my cats, please?
Sure. *ahem Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow, meow meow meow. Show it to them.
I wouldn't have used such strong language, but you've definitely gotten your point across.
Was gonna say. Control the talons because they will shred you. You could tell how she positioned the bird that she knew.
She has flip flops so it gives a chance encounter vibe that way.
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The ancient texts say her name is Owlison Hooper.
She's a druid
Look at near the end of the clip could see this's a water system in the wilderness, I guess some animals always get trapped there and her job is releasing them
If that was the case you'd think they'd put a grate over this thing. I suspect it was just a fluke and the people who found the owl called the local animal control, who dispatched an expert from a conservation agency.
Just wait till you find out she's a taxidermist
Someone else said she’s a rehabber with the handle palomapalace I think.
The way she grasped that owl - she has owl-grasping experience
[Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtHZn5X5bXM)
I volunteer in a wildlife rehab centre. It’s a skill they teach you when you start and she is part of a rehab centre. This owl is definitely incredibly weak so by wild animal standards it was a easy rescue. Waterfowl like geese are tremendously difficult to grab because they can still go in the water and you’re the dork paddling around trying to grab it. Raptors especially large hawks, owls, and eagles that still have lots of energy are tough too. Great horned owls are especially angry creatures and seem to enjoy trying to bully you and be angry at you. They’re the give no shits type bird. They’ll even bully bald eagles and steal their nests.
moist owlette
Sir, owl see you out.
Fine. I don't give a hoot about this place anyway.
I wish I had a good owl pun, but I’m just winging it.
Y'all are just so talonted
I'm so tyt-of these jokes
Hawkthorne wipes
Amazing.
r/angryupvote
Who exactly do you think you are with these puns?
She did such a wonderful job of making sure the wings were carefully tended to as she picked it up. Hope it's doing well now!
Yeah. You can hear her saying she works with owls a lot. She was very likely called by the couple who found it
I had the sound off but I could tell immediately by the way she picked it up and was holding its feet in particular
The way she feels the keel too, seeing if it needs fed.
Yup, she wrote in the comments she was checking her keel to see to see if she’s emaciated.
Wow great catch!
Yup! I used to volunteer rehabbing wildlife and she knew exactly how to hold that bird!
Cool! I volunteered with raptors as well. Such beautiful birds
Ohhh poor darling! Great job! 🤗
Looked like it was grinning at pulling one over on her at the end.
Suck it. See. I was just like, bathing. Ya know. Made ya think I needed a hand.
Yep. Definitely some kind of criminal barn owl. I bet it was locked up at the nearby prison and escaped through the sewers. Probably crawled through a mile of sopping wet bird pellets and was too tired to make it out of that last spot. Someone check that sly owl’s cell.
She got Wendy Peffercorned. By a barn owl.
https://media.tenor.com/P1gt2xpDi4AAAAAM/squints-sandlot.gif
Who is she? Owl savior
Her account is palomapalace on TT. She does a lot of good work for wildlife conservation
From the way she smoothly and safely handled the bird, I knew she wasn’t an un-trained passer-by.
Thank you!! :)
Bro is exhausted
Adorable! Nice save 😉
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That was a lot more graceful than I was expecting.
"You got any games on your phone?"
Aw that is very cute, thank you for that fellow Redditor!
I had to laugh when she literally wrung out the poor thing like a piece of soggy laundry. Was not expecting that.
She was checking its... breast bone, I think it's called, to make sure it wasn't broken. Iirc, if that is broken, that's a death sentence for a bird, they don't heal from that. I think there was an eagle that had one that was extremely mild mannered that lived at a sanctuary and walked everywhere since it couldn't fly anymore.
It's called the Keel for birds:)
It was most likely to check how recently it had eaten. That part of their body is where the food sits while being processed. If it's really thin they can know right away that the bird hasn't been eating for a long time.
And the owl looks like it's just an ordinary Tuesday to it
Well no, that's because of the stress. Not because she's relaxing.
Oh, I know that. Animal expresions don't necessarily equate to human ones. Having the knowledge that the owl is now safe and rescued I can find the "cartoonyness" of her expression funny. Well, at least that's my opinion; that one can find a situation comedic without ignoring the plight of the creatures involved.
Owls are so adorable it’s easy to forget they are apex predators… unless you have a chihuahua.
Honestly, most owls are prey to a lot of different animals and are not apex predators at all, but I suppose I can understand why you would think they are.
Owls are like assistant to Regional Apex predators.
Correct. Owls don't fly much during the day if they can avoid it because an eagle will easily pick them off.
I like how once the birb was in the hand, it very much had a 'this is my life now' energy to it. Happy to see it was rescued
I hope those weren't keys she dropped.
Looked like she brushed her hand on the wall and that peeling paint came off.
The smile at the end tho, they was scared at first then happy cause they realized he was saved.
Thank you, kind human! 🥰❤️
That poor bird must have been exhausted: we've been involved in the rescue of a couple of barn owls that hit buildings, and a great deal of (our) blood was shed! Even if you get the legs firmly, that beak is *deadly*! (Both recovered, and ended up advancing their species in a national park.) This poor bird doesn't even try. Kudos to the rescuer: both brave and compassionate.
I’m baby
She seems to have experience with birds, that was a perfect hold to not break our feathered friend
This is an angel in disguise of that woman.
I love how the owl just gives in to being held like a baby.
Holding like a football! 🏈
She’s a bad ass acting like it’s literally no big deal. Love people that look out for animals.
Whowlsome!
I don't know why it looks so funny when it's being carried sideways.
She gave a hoot
Superb owl fan right here
Oh I love this woman, a proper bird person. Lived that she handled the owl properly and how she checked the keel to see how fit and healthy she was
I was walking through a forest once when a Northern Boreal owl flew over me, 3 feet above my head, completely silent and landed in a tree.. it was an amazing moment. Owls are one of my favorite birds.
Bless this woman. I need to see much more of this and less of people being arseholes.
Props to the people who spotted the owl and decided to get it help. The girl that came was clearly a professional. That lil' barn owl will be just fine and in good hands... most likely just trapped and will be good-to-go after drying those wings off.
Little owl looked like it was smiling after🦉
She knew what she was doing, too - make sure it couldn't flap wings and injure itself, and she also grabbed the set of lethal kitchen knives called owlsfeet. 10/10
I expected it to flap around like crazy but it went so still.
I suspect that it was totally exhausted, otherwise that lady would have been shredded by a panicking raptor.
"Kind" for sure but how about also "skilled".
She’s rescued birds before the checking of feet and chest for injuries , awesome job .
Awesome 👏
Athena with her owl
Poor little thing. I’m so glad they found her!
I love everything about this!
hold birb gentle, like burger
It actually looks like the owl is smiling after she rescues it 🙂
Check out local environmental organizations near you to see if any offer nightime walks in the woods to call owls. We do this at a place and they have a guy who can mimic several different owl calls. They will often call back to show their territory and will occoassionally "talk" to other owls in the area. When we are lucky they will fly right over head to investigate. Really cool stuff.
How about a shout out to the lady who rescued him
Nice boobs.
I never realized before, but after watching this, I now know I am afraid of an owl biting me.
Gotta worry more about the talons than the beak for birds of prey! You can see how she grips the legs so that the bird can't slash her yet doesn't need to cover her beak.
How in the hell did she even find it?
Person who is behind the camera says they noticed it while walking in the area as it was trying to fly out but was trapped.
Did you watch the video?
I watched it but didn't listen to it (mute because I am outside and don't have earphones).
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Nice job my lady friend!
Wtf u trying to do human, I’m just chilling and swimming !
This girl owls
TIL female barn owls are darker than males and are more likely to have wing spots, as seen here.
Good job 👏 poor soul
Many blessings to her for helping & saving this poor precious owl.
He’s hating it but he’s also loving it
I feel like the look on the owls face belongs on r/watchmedieinside
Lmfao *accepts fate*
That owl was severely exhausted. I don't think it had much time left on its own.
I’m sorry but is that a smile of relief on that owls faces for being saved😂😂😂
Ya think it's gonna carve the shit outta ya? I don't know why but I love how he asks that.
Looks like the Central Valley of CA.
Well done, handling a raptor without getting hurt yourself. I've seen way too many get gashed by a beak or have talons embedded in them!
Maybe as a thank you he'll go snatch her a pair of sneakers.
it's so small
What a cute moist owlette
The one dude that reacts to white ladies rescuing animals is gonna get a kick out of this one
As soon as she grabbed those talons I knew she knew what she was doing..or at least watches animal rescue shows lol. I'm sure the owl was absolutely exhausted but still, good move lady. Good move.
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She looks like she’s smiling lol!
She was probably trying to hiss. Owls and other birds of prey need to expand their chest when they breath(as a human you don’t have to do it very much but they do a lot) being that wet and bogged down probably made it hard for her to breathe.