An alarmed, but safely sheltered baby barn owl palpably jumped back in fear upon hearing a clap of thunder for the very first time. This owl was born in an elm stump nest near the studio of artist Robert Fuller, who rescued their mother in 2018. This barn owl chick…
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A BBC Earth Compilation That Shows the Magnificent Beauty of Different Owls at Various Stages of Life
A compilation of clips from BBC Earth shows the magnificent beauty of different owls at different stages of life, beginning with birth. A tiny owl hatches from the egg and is cared for around the clock by human caretakers. A hungry barn owl silently searches for food under the snow….
Hydrogen Bubbles Reveal Owl’s Unique Flight Pattern
Biologists in London very carefully sent barn owls flying through a cloud of hydrogen soap bubbles in order to learn more about their unique flight patterns. They discovered that owls don’t only use their wings to control motion, but their tail feathers as well. The illuminating set of vortices left…
A Fascinating Experiment That Shows the Silent Grace of a Barn Owl in Flight
In a clip from their new series Super Powered Owls, a BBC Earth team set up a fascinating experiment to show the silent graceful flight of a barn owl. The team also gauged the noise and turbulence level of a pigeon and a peregrine falcon in comparison. When air moves,…
Lamp Kits That Fold Into Geometric Papercraft Animals
View this post on Instagram A post shared by OWL paperlamps (@owlpaperlamps) on Jun 28, 2017 at 4:09am PDT Owl Paperlamps, based out of Lisbon, Portugal, creates DIY lamp kits that employ the principles of origami and geometrically fold into adorable papercraft animals, such as a little barn owl, a…
Beautiful Digitally Printed Cotton Scarves Featuring the Colorful Wingspans of Various Birds
British artist Sandy Gardner has created an absolutely gorgeous line of cotton scarves that feature the colorful wingspans of such birds as the magpie, the woodpecker, the kingfisher, the pheasant phoenix, the barn owl and the three eyed raven. The scarves are available for purchase through Gardner’s Etsy store. Each…
Barn Owl Attacking Its Prey in Slow Motion
In a fascinating episode of Earth Unplugged by BBC Earth Productions, Sam and Simon capture breathtaking slow motion footage of a barn owl attacking its prey. Previously, the duo has filmed a Northern Goshawk attacking water balloons, a rattlesnake rattling its tail, and wet animals shaking, all in super slow…
A Heartwarming Animation About an Abandoned Greyhound Who Helped Other Animals Heal
In 2015, The Feeln Network posted a beautiful animation that told the amazing story of Jasmine the greyhound. In 2003, police in Warwickshire, West Midlands England came upon a locked barn from where they heard the pitiful whimpering of a young greyhound who had been abandoned and starved. The compassionate…
