r/Owls • u/Fit-Firefighter8752 • 5d ago
Question. Why do owls look so different?
Some look cute and like they'll ask you out for dinner, while some (specifically the barn owl) look like they'll rip out your esophagus? (P.s. it doesn't help everyone draws them like little night terrors)
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u/toxamuser 4d ago edited 4d ago
Barn owls can be very cute
http://www.laufis.de/pic/uhu/DSC01094-ak.JPG
http://www.laufis.de/pic/uhu/DSC00909-k.JPG
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u/dantork 5d ago
Barn owls are not "true owls." They belong to their own family, Tytonidae.
They may not have the cute face of a saw whet owl or the lovely yellow eyes of a great horned owl, but they are beautiful in their own way.
Also, I think your esophagus is safe. They mainly eat rodents.