Alice the Great Horned Owl Panting

Alice pants after having her bill trimmed at the vet office. Owls don't sweat--they pant to cool off. Note that her gular sac (throat) goes in an out and her tongue flops up and down.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Great
• Horned
• Owl
• panting

[Jah2070]

You guys see its pupil plusating when she turned her head?

[karlakinstler]

@Jah2070 Owls can control the size of their pupils, and they can adjust the size WAAAAY faster than humans. Plus they work independently so they can have pupils of two different sizes at the same time.

[cerbosu]

@karlakinstler you said she's injured,what does she have?

[karlakinstler]

@cerbosu Alice's left wing is permanently injured. It was severely dislocated when she fell out of her nest as a chick, and she also broke the end of her humerus. So her elbow is permanently messed up and she can't fly.

[MPSecare]

Ah man I want to give her a juice box!

[elassawipo]

She has beautiful eyes, sad that she has a accident, thank you for share you video.

[78kokka]

@karlakinstler Wow, that's really amazing *_*

[WyomingAnne]

The Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, WY, just received its first bird, a great horned-owl, for our new program to educate the public about raptors and vultures. When, as a volunteer, I went over to our mews to feed him, as the gal in charge of the program was out of town, picking up two more birds, I had my first experience with gular fluttering. Before I joined the volunteer team, I had never even heard of it. Nice that you have captured this on film to share with bird lovers.

[ANCESTERSMEMORIES]

i thought it said painting owl

i really wondered what would it draw

[karlakinstler]

@basoco1 Sorry I couldn't post the direct link for some reason, so run the words together and put in a period for the dot.