Pandora!!!: Noblest Fliers!!!

This post is hardly my subject, well, our subject. Though i do really want to share this knowledge :) Here im gona tell something about Owls! I know that you are wondering "gee.. what the crap he is talking about??!!". Believe me fellas it will be more interesting..... :)

The idea of posting this came up to me after i read 'Guardians of Ga'Hoole'; a fiction based novel series. I hope some of you might have watched the anime movie 'Legend of the Guardians: Owls of Ga'Hoole' which is based on the books i mentioned earlier.To survive as a nocturnal being there are some traits needed strictly, such as eye sight, hearing and good flight in case of flying beings. Owls are almost outstanding in all the above and also they are more than that!!!

In case of sight, well, their face is similar to us both the eyes are forward facing unlike other birds whose eyes are placed at side of their heads. Their eyes are fixed so that they cant roll their eyes like us but only move their heads to change vision,where comes an interesting fact that they could turn their head at 270 degree angle at either direction!!! This makes possible for owls to rest their head between their shoulders while sleeping!!!

The position of the ears are asymmetrical, so that makes them exceptional at hearing, especially barn owls (Tytonidae). They can easily triangulate the location of their prey by the help of their hearing ability. Its possible that they can even hear a smallest noise made by their prey!!!

The most amazing part comes under the topic of flying ability. Owls are extraordinary fliers especially in night time. They are the only birds who could fly as slow as possible.They are called as 'silent fliers'. Because while flying or hunting their prey they fly with almost no noise!!! Thanks to their secondary plumage ,which soften the air passing them so that the noise created by flapping of wings will be very very low even the owl itself cant hear it!!! This outstanding gift of flying provides them a good hunting in two ways; the prey wont hear the sound of the owl and also the owl could hear the sound of the prey clearly.

The most odd thing is their digestive system. They have two stomachs!!! One of them is called as Gizzard which plays an important role in owls digestion. The parts of their food which cant be digested such as fur, bones, teeth etc., are compressed in to small pellets and they are yarped or spitted out by the owls!!! Remaining are passed out into a liquid form.

In our country, well most of us, think them as bad luck or sign of death and hearing their hoot denotes someone is gona die. But that is nuts!!!. They are one hell of different kind of living beings. We should try to study more about such wonderful creatures around us rather than avoiding them.

Have fun friends :D!!!

Some of them-

Burrowing owl- Usually live in burrows. Their long legs are meant to make burrows easily and are helpful while running !!!