On July 15 2010 17:29 onewingedmoogle wrote: why does the owl get all slim when its a bigger owl?
When getting skinnier equals becoming the grim reaper.
On July 15 2010 17:31 TSL-Lore wrote: vs the smaller owl, it wants to appear bigger. vs the bigger owl, it has no chance of being bigger, so it wants to hide i think
How do you confuse hiding with the stare of death.
I'm pretty sure it just does that to make itself easier to hide... owls have big luminous eyes so it closes them partially to prevent them from shining in the dark. If it were hiding in a tree you wouldn't be able to see it at all. It rotates to keep it's eye on the potential predator so it can flee if it has too.
My guess is that when the emeny is too large, the owl makes itself look sick and unhealthy, ie not suitable as food
It's not a cross between a killer whale and a dolphin, it's a cross between a false killer whale (another species of dolphin) and a bottlenose dolphin. A real killer whale would . . . . a dolphin if they ever tried to get it on.
It's funny because I was thinking the same thing. Shamu you don't go near that little thing! Oh wait, Shamu's dead
On July 15 2010 17:29 onewingedmoogle wrote: why does the owl get all slim when its a bigger owl?
When getting skinnier equals becoming the grim reaper.
On July 15 2010 17:31 TSL-Lore wrote: vs the smaller owl, it wants to appear bigger. vs the bigger owl, it has no chance of being bigger, so it wants to hide i think
How do you confuse hiding with the stare of death.
I'm pretty sure it just does that to make itself easier to hide... owls have big luminous eyes so it closes them partially to prevent them from shining in the dark. If it were hiding in a tree you wouldn't be able to see it at all. It rotates to keep it's eye on the potential predator so it can flee if it has too.
My guess is that when the emeny is too large, the owl makes itself look sick and unhealthy, ie not suitable as food
I'm going to agree with making the owl easier to hide. Also, it rotates to appear "still" to the enemy owl, since its essentially the same image the whole time regardless of the enemy owl's position. Tries to be as inconspicuous as possible.
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