The world's smallest owl, the Elf Owl is tiny in stature, but no less a raptor than any of its bigger relatives. It lives in the North American Southwest and Mexico, calling hollowed out cacti their home. This vicious beast loves to snack on scorpions, roofing aside the stingers and chowing down. They aren't much of a fighter, and will play dead to fake out any larger predator. Can this little darling show good things come in small packages?

The Long Eared Owl is found around the world in temperature climates north of the equator. The roost deep in the woods, but like hunting in open areas at the forest edge. They have a more specifically diet than most owls, sticking mainly to rodents, especially voles. Also unlike other owls, they aren't especially territorial, and will move around a bit, being a bit nomadic, and they will even spend time around one another. They have lovely orange facial discs and yellow to orange eyes, giving them a lovely appearance, and of course those lovely long ears

Do you long to see the Long Ear go on, or will you raise the Elf up in the shelf of victory?

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