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For owls that are superb.

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Photo by Sergio Luzzini & Luca Vignati

Eurasian Scops Owl (0tus scops) on Sardinia, Italy

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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Owls have muscular control over their feathers, so they can contour their overall shape to look more branch-like as in this picture, and they can even move the tiny feathers of their face to focus different soundwaves to their ears.