Amazing owls. Owls are a birds of prey

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Owls are a birds of prey, there are including more than

Owls are a birds of prey, there are including more than

200 large and medium-sized species. Owls mostly night birds, common in all countries of the world.
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Owl features: Big head, big round eyes on head, beak short,

Owl features: Big head, big round eyes on head, beak short,

rapacious. Owls hunt at night, so the plumage is soft, the movements are noiseless, the claws are long and sharp, the color is masking.
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Owls are super effective night hunters. They are helped by their

Owls are super effective night hunters.

They are helped by their exceptional

hearing and noiselessness.

For this, on the front wings of the owl there are a kind of hooks, which suppress the flow of air. Because of this, owls can get closer to mining, noiselessly and unnoticed.

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Owls are the only birds that have real ears. To improve

Owls are the only birds that have real ears. To improve

hearing, ears in some species of owls are asymmetrically, which allows them to more accurately determine the location of the sound.
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The vision of owls is different from other birds too. Only

The vision of owls is different from other birds too.

Only

an owl can see the color blue.
Their eyes are very large, and the distance between them is small, especially given the size of the eyes themselves.
The owls' eyes are completely motionless.
Binocular vision allows owls to concentrate fully on prey and increases the accuracy of their perception.
But such vision features make owls more vulnerable to predators.
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Only owls can turn their heads 270 degrees. For this, the

Only owls can turn their heads 270 degrees.
For this, the

owl's neck contains 14 vertebrae, instead of 7, as in the other birds.
Cervical vertebrae provide a wide range of movements.
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Owls swallow their prey whole. The bones, wool or feathers of

Owls swallow their prey whole. The bones, wool or feathers of

the victim are not digested and the bird spits them out a few hours after eating.
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All nations from ancient times considered the owl a mystical bird

All nations from ancient times considered the owl a mystical bird

associated with spirits

In antique Greece, the owl was a bird of Athena Pallada and a symbol of wisdom.
Egypt: protect the dead in the underworld.
American Indians: wisdom, prophecy.
China: the symbol of death
Southern Slavs: owl is the king of birds

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The oldest image of the owl is 32 to 34 thousand

The oldest image of the owl is 32 to 34 thousand

years old
(Chauvet caves in France).