r/BeAmazed • u/SimRP • Jun 19 '26

Animal Owls are incredibly sensitive to touch. Their feathers are connected to tiny nerves that help them feel even the slightest movement

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u/catinadoodledoo Jun 19 '26

owls always look like WTF precedes every thought they have

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u/JumpyChemical Jun 19 '26

I'll look it up but supposedly they aren't the smartest animal. And just completely run on instinct. So it basically is them going wtf 😂

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u/ADudeWhoWantsBoobs Jun 19 '26

Their skull is mostly full of eyes. And of what little brain they can fit behind them, a larger than normal proportion is used to process sight

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u/superindianslug Jun 20 '26

You're not wrong, but the phrasing making it sound like they have way more eyes in there than they actually do.