Y’all gotta see this amazing video of the Southern White-faced Scops Owl. When he sees a larger owl, he puffs himself up to make himself look bigger. That’s cool, but lots of animals do that, right? The part I love is, when he sees a MUCH larger owl, he sucks his feathers in, stands perpendicular to his enemy, and squints his eyes, trying to look like he’s just a branch. Super awesome.
I found this video in THIS POST on one of my favorite websites, The Featured Creature. There’s always a lot of really great animal stuff there.
Damn that’s IS really cool! Nature is like play dough, it can do anything it wants!
haha super awesome – he really does look evil in that last form.
Mimic octopus are like the cephlopod version of this bugger. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8oQBYw6xxc
I’m a turkey, f(*ck off!
I’m a vampire, BLEH!
I’m a scops owl, thank you.