Thus far there have bee two case of viral animal stories . One where it turn out that the data in the tweet was waaaay off ( see thisbeehive story from last hebdomad ) or elsewhere a seemingly cunning video turns out to have a agonising account ( see thebeluga whale playing fetchor , of course , shower rat ) .
However , we may have discovered a new genre of viral animal stories . This image of an owl rest typeface down apparently doze has lately been doing the rounds on Twitter and Reddit .
It goes viral quite often . Everybody loves an owl that sleeps like masses , and their freakily long leg are an lend bonus ( you donotwant to seewhat an owl looks like naked ) .
But is it in reality true ?
Turns out , it … is .
When it last went viral in 2019 , others partake in paradigm of owls doing the same , include this great shot of an owl waking up like this and picture the lensman .
Nobody seems to know where the original photo came from , but this owl research worker confirmed that they ’d seen this behavior in other owls .
Internet sleuths also found ratification from an installment ofBirdNote , from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology , which tells the tale of a listener who found two Barred owlet on the ground near his house . They had come down to the ground after being harry by raven , and after seeking advice from the Connecticut Audubon center , he popped them back in their tree .
Once they were back up there , he follow them taking a well - earn nap .
" What he see delighted him , " master of ceremonies Mary McCann for BirdNote said . " Keeping their talons tightly gripped on a outgrowth , the owlets lie down on their stomachs , turned their heads to the side , and fell asleep . Their naps are short , and when they are at rest , they do not wish to be wake up , even to be feed .
A young owl does n’t go down out of the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree while it snoozes , because its back toe , the hallux , holds onto the branch . The hallux will not open or let go until the bird bends its leg . "
It turn out you may trust what you read on the cyberspace . But probably only this once .
