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minus-squareDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]hexbear5·3 years agoOwl can't move their eyeballs without moving their whole head link
minus-squareRem [she/her]hexbear5·3 years agoSo that's why they do the twist Is it like a trade-off for their super good vision do u suppose? Like all the space in the head that would be used for eye moving muscles are instead used for night vision gear? link
minus-squareDirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]hexbear5·3 years agoyeah, the eyes being that big give them amazing eyesight but they have no room left to move them. Plus they need to be light enough to fly link
Owl can't move their eyeballs without moving their whole head
So that's why they do the twist
Is it like a trade-off for their super good vision do u suppose? Like all the space in the head that would be used for eye moving muscles are instead used for night vision gear?
yeah, the eyes being that big give them amazing eyesight but they have no room left to move them. Plus they need to be light enough to fly
Efficient birbs!