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Two curious Great Horned Owlets (lemmy.world)
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Or maybe training for a dance battle. There are the chicks from the Hilton Head Island Raptor Cam. I made a few other gifs in the comment section there

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Owls bob their heads to increase parallax and gauge distance to their prey. Nothing to do with sound.

[–] Calyhre 11 points 9 months ago

Thanks, TIL. I fixed the title

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I was wondering if that was what they were doing. Thanks.