Alice the Great Horned Owl Eats a Pocket Gopher

Alice is a permanently injured, human-imprinted owl who works at the Houston Nature Center in Houston, MN. She lives at the home of her handler and is the subject of a vocal study on her species.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Great
• Horned
• Owl
• Eating

[karlakinstler]

She fell out of her nest at 3 weeks of age and permanently injured her left elbow (severe dislocation and nerve damage.) So she can't fly.

[stdavross666]

so what happened to alice? what are her injuries? looks like her wing is not good.

[karlakinstler]

@stdavross666 Alice fell out of her nest when she was three weeks old, severely dislocating her left elbow and damaging the nerves so she will never be able to fly.

[TheJustmike2010]

she were tearin/ that gopher up boy. Wish I had one. An owl, not a gopher.

[karlakinstler]

@TheJustmike2010 The gophers and other cut up dead animals go with the owl...can't have an owl without feeding stuff like this.

[jkl6652]

0:15 - Happy owl face. "Oh ya....that right there is some good raw gopher head."

[MissJess781]

thank you for sharing these videos of Alice...

[goe5]

I like that face =.=

[stdavross666]

so what happened to alice? what are her injuries?

[MPSecare]

awesome bone snaps!! I didn't know GHO can lower the "ear" tufts! awesome! She looks blissful!

[Cofjn]

Alice is so beautiful unfortchunat she was injured but so lucky to have her around,that would be Awsome..!

[UltimateThanos]

Oh my God, the bones cracking!