The Barn Owl: Nature’s Silent Assassin

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HeyWonder: Wild

Jay Saenz

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3 days ago

HeyWonder: Wild serves up incredible animal facts that'll leave you amazed. Each episode dives into the weirdest, wildest corners of the animal kingdom—packed with surprising discoveries, fascinating details, and stories you won’t believe are real.

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The Barn Owl: Nature’s Silent Assassin

HeyWonder: Wild

7 minutes 40 seconds

7 months ago

The Barn Owl: Nature’s Silent Assassin

In this episode of HeyWonder: Wild, we discover the beauty and frightening precision of Tyto Alba. From South Texas ghost stories to the science behind silent wings and radar like hearing, discover why the Barn Owl has haunted folklore and fascinated researchers for generations.

BBC Earth - Experiment! How Does an Owl Fly so Silently?

Royal Society Publishing: Features of owl wings that promote silent flight Journal of Neuroscience: Distribution within the Barn Owl's inferior colliculus of neurons projecting to the optic tectum and thalamus

The Barn Owl Center: Hearing Capabilities

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