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The smallest owl in the world, half the size of your palm

author:Gray light cat

I don't know if there are any friends like me, when I was a child, I watched the black cat sheriff, and there was a huge monkey-eating eagle that swallowed small animals everywhere... Then there was a certain fear of the eagles... In fact, many eagles are still quite cute, such as today's grand launch, the world's smallest [Micrathene whitneyi]

The smallest owl in the world, half the size of your palm
The smallest owl in the world, half the size of your palm
The smallest owl in the world, half the size of your palm
The smallest owl in the world, half the size of your palm

How small are they? The total length is only about 12-15cm, and the weight is lighter to about 40g ~ you think about it, only your mobile phone is half the size, a third of the weight, what is that concept ~

The smallest owl in the world, half the size of your palm
The smallest owl in the world, half the size of your palm

These little owls live between the southern United States and Mexico, where giant cacti are abundant, so they usually look at the caves of woodpeckers in the cacti to start the "nest of birds" and occupy each other's nests for themselves.

The smallest owl in the world, half the size of your palm
The smallest owl in the world, half the size of your palm
The smallest owl in the world, half the size of your palm
The smallest owl in the world, half the size of your palm

What is more interesting is that due to their small size, they cannot even catch mice, and can only feed on crickets, worms, scorpions, small geckos, etc. An owl that cannot catch mice is very faceless

The smallest owl in the world, half the size of your palm
The smallest owl in the world, half the size of your palm

However, they also have their own stunts, (1) if held in their hands, they actually pretend to die (the wife lost the face of the owl family) ;(2) The only thing that saved the score was that in the observation of ornithologists, they seemed to be immune to scorpion poison...

The smallest owl in the world, half the size of your palm
The smallest owl in the world, half the size of your palm
The smallest owl in the world, half the size of your palm

BTW: If you can't remember or haven't seen Sheriff Black Cat, the following picture gives you an understanding

The smallest owl in the world, half the size of your palm
The smallest owl in the world, half the size of your palm
The smallest owl in the world, half the size of your palm

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