Both "Eagle" and "Owl" have a "hawk" in their names, but they leave people with very different impressions. Eagles often make people feel very fierce and domineering, and owls give people a feeling of being thick and cute. But did you know that cute-looking owls can also prey on ferocious eagles?
The owl is also known as the "god owl", why is it obviously a bird, but it has the title of "cat"? In fact, this is entirely because the feathers around its eyes are radial, the arrangement of fine feathers forms a face plate, and the face looks like a cat. In addition, the owl also has an interesting feature in appearance, that is, its two eyes grow directly in front of the head, rather than distributed on both sides of the head like other birds, so when they observe the surrounding environment, they need to turn their heads at any time. What's even more amazing is that due to the special head and neck structure, their heads can rotate 270 degrees. Owls are widely distributed, and they are found on all continents except Antarctica. And they are very diverse, there are more than 130 species, most of which are nocturnal carnivores, mainly feeding on rodents.
If owls feed on rats, why do they still hunt eagles? Due to the wide variety, there are also large differences in the size of different types of owls. In general, owls with a body length of less than 20 centimeters can only feed on insects, while owls with a body length of more than 50 centimeters will prey on other birds in addition to eating mice. Therefore, when larger owls face food shortages, they do choose to prey on smaller eagles than themselves.
This may be a bit surprising, how exactly do owls hunt eagles? Owls belong to the order Owl, and the most powerful of the owl order is the Eagle Owl. The size of the eagle owl is very large, and the maximum weight can reach about 10 pounds. Some scientists have observed an eagle owl catching eagles in the dark. An eagle owl with its eyes shining with a unique light was keenly searching for its prey in the pitch-black night, and suddenly it saw a nest of red-tailed eagles not far away, which made it feel evil.
There are chicks and adult birds in this nest of eagles, who will catch them first? The eagle owl decided to try his hand on the chicks first. It locked its eyes on the target, quickly rushed over, grabbed a red-tailed chick and flew away quickly. Since the eyesight of other eagles in the night is far less than that of owls, although they are reluctant to have their children, the red-tailed adult birds have to give up resistance in order to protect themselves. There is no doubt that this red-tailed chick has naturally become the appetizer for the eagle owl. The eagle owl, which had tasted the sweetness, was even bolder, and it flew back to the nest of the red-tailed eagle again, this time, it had to open the meat again. Apparently, the red-tailed adult bird did not expect the eagle owl to fly back again, and it was careless. The eagle owl repeated the trick and suddenly caught the panicked adult bird. In the end, the red-tailed adult bird could not escape the fate of being eaten.
It seems that the strength of the owl is indeed not to be underestimated, the special night vision skills, coupled with the strong hunting strength, even the eagle has to give up three points. However, the picture of the owl hunting the eagle only appears at night, if it is daytime, can the owl still have such superb combat effectiveness? Will they instead become eagle meals?