Oh great, now I'm over here googling pictures of various owl feet ๐
Given what I've seen, I'm also gonna go with my neighborhood buddy, GHO
Chetzemoka
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What an adorable perfect family ๐ฅฐ
I have cfs not from Covid. It's permanent. There are treatments that are at least good enough to allow me to work full time, but I'll need medication for the rest of my life
I see we're just going full speed ahead with the whole attitude that Long Covid doesn't exist or doesn't matter.
Ooooh, must be someone from an instance I don't federate with because I don't see another comment on this thread. Lemmy is weird
Aww, owl kissy faces ๐
And turns out they mate for life, so that's an owl married couple.
I'm thrilled with Vanessa Kirby. That's exciting.
"the small animals can cool their internal temperature by 10ยฐC to 30ยฐC. This slows their metabolism by as much as 95% and protects them from starvation"
Holy crap, that's insane!
I recently learned that part of birds' winter survival strategy is to just straight up burn fat by shivering to generate heat. And that they eat and burn a huge number of calories (in bird terms) in a single cold day to be able to do that. It's why I'm extra vigilant about my bird feeders when it gets extra cold up here in New England.
https://swibirds.org/blog/birds-in-cold
I can imagine having that extra chonk padding in winter allows the owls some margin of safety, in case they struggle to find enough calories in the moment when the weather gets really nasty.
I can feel the sneeze being restrained here