Photo by Artur Miko?ajewski (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nLike most other owls the Brown Owl is also nocturnal and has great night vision and hearing. \u00a0These features let them easily catch small rodents, reptiles, insects and probably some amphibians as well. \u00a0This means our poor little Pool Frog could potentially be eaten by the Tawny Owl, but they are definitely not responsible for the demise of Britain’s rarest amphibian. \u00a0The Tawny Owl will typically consume their prey whole and then simply regurgitate the bones they could not digest. \u00a0I think this is pretty gross but I bet it is effective. \u00a0I am going to try this the next time I BBQ up a nice steak.<\/p>\n
Wow, it looks like we are at the end of another Wild Fact. \u00a0I hope you had a hoot reading about the Tawny Owl. \u00a0See you tomorow for another fun Animal Fact.<\/p>\n
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Yesterday, we were hanging out in Britain looking for the incredibly rare Pool Frog. While I was there, I happened to look up and out of the corner of my eye, I saw this small bird of prey looking at me. As I got a closer look, I realized it was a Tawny Owl so we are going to learn about these majestic birds today. Clearly, these owls are found throughout most of Europe but they can also be spotted hanging out in parts of Asia. Oddly enough, yesterday we talked about the rarest amphibian in the UK but today <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[348,1464,2032,2034,4025,387,2031,2033],"yoast_head":"\n
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