Facts about Raptors : • A raptor is a bird that hunts and eats live animals and kills with its feet. • In flight, vultures have a habit of bowing their wings under their body, tips almost touching. • Osprey and some Owls dive into the water talons first, sometimes totally submerging themselves. • The enlarged cere of the Osprey can cover its nostrils when under water. The dives of Peregrine Falcons have been clocked up to 200 mph. • Owls eyes are fixed in their sockets so they must rotate their heads (up to 270 degrees) to look around. • Owls eyes are like humans in that they have binocular vision. Because the eyes point straight ahead, they can see the same thing with both eyes at the same time, increasing their visual acuity. • Owls facial discs help to funnel sounds into the ear openings. • Owls can hear a mouse step on a twig up to 75 feet away or detect a lemming burrowing under the snow. • The Barn Owl can hunt by sound only, usually in the dead of the night. When threatened, it does an aggressive toe dusting, moving its head back and forth over its talons.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:15:37 +0000
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