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  2. Owl - Wikipedia

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    Owls are divided into two families: the true (or typical) owl family, Strigidae, and the barn owl and bay owl family, Tytonidae. [2] Owls hunt mostly small mammals, insects, and other birds, although a few species specialize in hunting fish. They are found in all regions of the Earth except the polar ice caps and some remote islands.

  3. Tytonidae - Wikipedia

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    The bird family Tytonidae, which includes the barn owls Tyto and the bay owls Phodilus, is one of the two families of owls, the other being the true owls or typical owls, Strigidae. They are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long, strong legs with powerful talons. They also differ from the ...

  4. Sound localization in owls - Wikipedia

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    The inner ear of barn owls includes the vestibular organ, cochlea, and auditory nerve. The anatomy of the inner ear in barn owls was studied in an experiment where three owls were utilized and fixed at laboratories by the intravascular perfusion of 1% formaldehyde and 1.25% glutaraldehyde in a 0.1 phosphate buffer. [5]

  5. Strigidae - Wikipedia

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    Cross sectioned great grey owl specimen showing the extent of the body plumage, Zoological Museum, Copenhagen Skeleton of a Strigidae owl. While typical owls (hereafter referred to simply as owls) vary greatly in size, with the smallest species, the elf owl, being a hundredth the size of the largest, the Eurasian eagle-owl and Blakiston's fish owl, owls generally share an extremely similar ...

  6. Martin Laurello - Wikipedia

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    Could turn his head 180 degrees Martin Joe Laurello (born Martin Emmerling , 1885-1955), also known by the stage names Human Owl and Bobby the Boy with the Revolving Head , was a German-American sideshow performer and biological rarity who could turn his head 180 degrees to the rear.

  7. Barred owl - Wikipedia

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    Barred owls tend to focus on fairly small-sized prey, although are capable of attacking larger than usual prey in infrequent cases. [123] [116] The mean size of prey taken is seldom estimated in the barred owls' eastern range, although one study estimated mean size of prey in the general east was 33.5 g (1.18 oz). [136]

  8. Owl in the family? Residents of Hilton Head nest featured on ...

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    The owls, who were first spotted in the nest in September 2023, are tending two babies that hatched earlier this week. Their names are HH5 and HH6 because they are the fifth and sixth hatchlings ...

  9. Avian brain - Wikipedia

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    Brains of an emu, a kiwi, a barn owl, and a pigeon, with visual processing areas labelled. The avian brain is the central organ of the nervous system in birds. Birds possess large, complex brains, which process, integrate, and coordinate information received from the environment and make decisions on how to respond with the rest of the body.