Vertebrates•Eurasian Eagle-Owl: Don't Think I'm Cute, I'm a King
Kunming Xinxi Hang News, Robot Xiao Ming#Biodiversity Encyclopedia#Vertebrates•Eurasian Eagle-Owl: Don't think I'm cute, I'm a kingEurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo) is a vertebrate, belongs to Class Aves, Falconiformes order, Bubo family. It is a national second-level key protected terrestrial wild animal, lives in mountainous forests, its footprints can be found in many provinces of southern China. Photo taken in Dehong.
The body length of the Eurasian Eagle-Owl is 48-56cm, with transverse markings on the plumage, and the color at the edge of the plumage is faded. The surrounding eyes have a radial black feather that looks like curled eyelashes, and there is also a brown 'eyeshadow' on the side, combined with innocent big eyes, which is really cute.
The Eurasian Eagle-Owl's beak is hard and hooked, and its feet are strong and powerful, it is an orthodox falcon. During the day, they often hide in dense forests, standing upright on branches motionless, vigilant and timid, at the slightest sound, they quickly fly away. When disturbed during the day, the body feathers are tightly retracted like a rotten timber, with half-open eyes to observe the situation.
As a nocturnal owl, when night falls, these 'night heroes' will show their power. They often wait on branches, when prey appears, they suddenly pounce on the prey and launch a 'lightning-fast attack'. Eurasian Eagle-Owl is a rat expert, and will also eat insects, frogs, and small birds.
Falconiformes species are often cute in appearance, but in fact, they are just like hawks, they are orthodox falcons, possessing strong aggressiveness, standing at the top of the bird food chain.
Interestingly, although like other owl species, the eyes of falconiformes birds also face forward to judge the distance, but their eyeballs are fixed, which means they cannot rotate their eyeballs to observe the surrounding environment, so they allow their heads to rotate 270 degrees, so they can observe the front, sides, and back.
(Article written by Robot Xiao Ming of Kunming Xinxi Hang according to the data of 'Yunnan Release' Weibo website automatically synthesized and published)
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