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Owl Questions

Published on Dec 06, 2015

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OWL QUESTIONS

BY: NOELLE MARINEZ & EMILY CHRISTIAN
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Owls are nocturnal meaning?
They stay out at night.

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List features that help owls be experts at catching prey.
They have specially designed claws and wings.

Explain how having big eyes help them
It helps them see at night.

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Why do owl's eyes remain fixed in their heads and how do they compensate for this?
They have so my rods packed into their eyes.

The owl's eyes do not contain cones which means?
They can only see in black and white.

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The owl's eyes do not contain cones which means?
They can only see in black and white.

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Explain how an owl hears.
Their ears are at different levels so they can catch sounds at slightly different time giving them binaural hearing.

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What are owl's claws called?
Talons.

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What do feathers all the way down the owl's legs do?
To protect it from bites once it captured it's prey.

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What allows for owl's to be silent when they flap their wings.
Their feathers are fringed.

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The owlet will usually swallow it's prey whole by what age?
Three weeks.

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What is an owl pellet?
Digestible material.

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What do barn owl's primarily feed on?
Small animals.

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Why don't owl's lay all eggs at once?
It depends how much food supply they have.

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Why is it so important for the baby's owls to fly and leave the nest to go to a new territory as quickly as possible
The baby owls don't eat all the food in that territory.

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How old can barn owls live?
Up to 20 years.