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Owls

Published on Nov 24, 2015

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OWLS

Morgan King

Photo by Leo Reynolds

Owls are noctural

THAT MEANS THEY SLEEP DURING THE DAY AND ARE AWAKE AT NIGHT.

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OWLS ARE EXPERT HUNTERS BECAUSE THEY ARE SILENT WHEN THEY FLY.

THEY ALSO HAVE AMAZING SIGHT AND HEARING FOR LOCATING PREY.

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HAVING BIG EYES HELPS THE OWL SEE IN THE DARK BY ABSORBING LIGHT.

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OWLS EYES ARE FIXED IN THEIR HEADS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO ROOM

FOR MUSCLES IN THEIR EYES. INSTEAD THEY CAN TURN THEIR HEAD 270 DEGREES.

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OWLS DO NOT HAVE CONES IN THEIR EYES, THIS MEANS

THAT THE OWL SEES IN BLACK AND WHITE.

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AN OWLS EARS ARE AT DIFFERENT PLACES, MAKING THEM HEAR SOUNDS

AT A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TIME. THIS HELPS THEM LOCATE THEIR PREY.

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AN OWLS CLAWS ARE CALLED TALONS.

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FEATHERS ON THE OWLS LEGS PROTECT IT FROM BEING

BITTEN BY ITS PREY.

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AN OWLS FEATHERS ARE FRINGED, WHICH CAUSES THEM TO

BE SILENT WHEN THEY FLY.

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OWLETS CAN USUALLY SWALLOW WHOLE PREY BY

7-9 WEEKS OF AGE.

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AN OWL PELLET IS THE FUR AND BONES OF THE OWLS PREY,

WHICH IT CANNOT DIGEST.

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BARN OWLS PRIMARILY FEED ON SMALL RODENTS

SUCH AS MICE AND MEADOW VOLES.

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OWLS DO NOT LAY ALL THEIR EGGS AT THE SAME TIME SO THAT

THEY WILL NOT ALL HATCH AT ONCE. THIS EASES THE FEEDING BURDEN.

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IT IS IMPORTANT FOR BABY OWLS TO FIND THEIR OWN TERRITORY SO

THAT THEY DON'T DEPLETE THE FOOD SOURCES IN THEIR PARENTS TERRITORY.

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BARN OWLS CAN LIVE TO BE 20 YEARS OLD.

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