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Asked: May 9, 20212021-05-09T00:00:00+00:00 2021-05-09T00:00:00+00:00In: Nature

Why do owls have short legs?

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  1. Veronica Gordon
    Veronica Gordon
    2021-05-09T00:00:00+00:00Added an answer on May 9, 2021 at 12:00 am

    Most animals with very short legs, like owls, are predators. Predators are generally designed to be silent so they can sneak up on their prey without it noticing. Short legs keep the noise down when they’re moving through vegetation or across a rocky surface.

    We think people may have trouble seeing the difference between us and a rock because our body size is too big relative to a mouse’s for them to need sharp vision or hearing in order to detect us approach.

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  2. Brian Nye
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    2021-05-15T00:00:00+00:00Added an answer on May 15, 2021 at 12:00 am

    Owls have short legs because their main means of hunting is in the trees.

    Owls hunt mostly by night, and flying through the tree canopy requires shorter legs because, while it’s possible to hop or flap to a low-hanging branch, they can’t climb up it like other birds. Furthermore, with no prey visible on ground level at night due to nocturnal animals’ natural wary nature, this would require unnecessarily long leg muscles that would use up valuable energy supplies before any food was captured.

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  3. Richard Meneses
    Richard Meneses
    2021-05-14T00:00:00+00:00Added an answer on May 14, 2021 at 12:00 am

    They don’t.

    Owls, unlike other birds, have one structured foot and three toes on each foot. As a result, they can balance easily on both trees branches and your windshield wipers. So they only need two really long legs to get around their environment – no short ones needed!

    You should know that owls are also highly adapted to nocturnal life – something many animals would not be able to do without some kind of adaptation like large eyes located in the front of their heads (in order for the other animal’s eyes not to reflect light back at them which would render them blind). Owls are pretty awesome little fowl with all sorts of quirks and adaptive traits!

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  4. Harriet Collazo
    Harriet Collazo
    2021-05-10T00:00:00+00:00Added an answer on May 10, 2021 at 12:00 am

    It has been speculated that their short legs may be an adaptation to protect them from larger terrestrial predators. This is because they can stand on branches and still have enough limb length to fully extend and use their wings for flight.

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  5. Dewey Simpson
    Dewey Simpson
    2021-05-17T00:00:00+00:00Added an answer on May 17, 2021 at 12:00 am

    Owls evolved with short, stocky legs to help them move silently when predators approached.

    This adaptation is in contrast to many other predatory birds, which tend to have either strong talon-like claws on their toes or feathered feet for gripping small prey items. The owl can fly without stirring the leaves of trees below and without making a sound.

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  6. Ellen Jackson
    Ellen Jackson
    2021-05-13T00:00:00+00:00Added an answer on May 13, 2021 at 12:00 am

    They have short, sturdy legs that are well suited for walking on any surface.

    People think owls can’t get off the ground because they have short legs and round shaped bodies, but this doesn’t make sense since owls nest in trees or other high places. Owls are able to swoop down and grab their prey from the ground. The shape of their body is an adaptation for flying. Their body allows them to cut through the air easier without being buffeted by wind gusts as much as a bird with feathers would be because they don’t have any feathers (therefore they’re not as heavy) Their wingspan increases with height so it means that at higher altitudes there’s less atmosphere resistance which makes it easier for them to glide.

    Because they are raptors (a suborder of carnivorous), birds of prey, or meat eating bird, their short legs are an adaptation that helps them to be better hunters. Their short legs are an advantage in many ways! Raptors have powerful feet with curved talons instead of flat nails. The talons are their main weapon for catching prey, but they also use them to climb trees.

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  7. Robert Brown
    Robert Brown
    2021-05-16T00:00:00+00:00Added an answer on May 16, 2021 at 12:00 am

    Owls feet are covered in soft, dense feathers that act as “cooling pads” and slow down the absorption of heat from the ground.

    Because owls do not fly, they need to control their body temperature differently than other birds. The way these ways is by being able to raise or lower their metabolic rate (the amount of energy they use). Unlike many daytime animals, an owl’s metabolism slows down at night when it becomes dark and cool outside – this changes its oil production within its cells so that it doesn’t have to use up energy trying to stay warm. Remember that because a bird’s legs are exposed almost all the time while flying, they need a means of regulating themselves during flight like other birds do with their down feathers. This is why birds have down feathers to keep warm when cold and fluff them up in the sun when hot. The same goes for the legs; when cold (at night) they contract blood vessels to keep warm while during the day, when hot, they expand them to be cooled by blood circulating through them.

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  8. Marvin Douglas
    Marvin Douglas
    2021-05-12T00:00:00+00:00Added an answer on May 12, 2021 at 12:00 am

    Although it’s not absolutely certain, one dominant hypothesis is that it improves their flight mechanics.

    According to the theory, short legs evolved because the reduced leg mass reduces friction, which in turn allows more and longer flights. Flying creates an aerodynamic force that provides most of the owl’s thrust – like how a wing is shaped to create air currents across its surface – with minimum use of muscle power. And so every ounce counts for these birds. Take away a few ounces and you’ll conserve energy for flying while you’re on the hunt for prey or… looking over your shoulder from atop a tree branch as I imagine all owls do pretty frequently.

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  9. Rhonda Bartley
    Rhonda Bartley
    2021-05-11T00:00:00+00:00Added an answer on May 11, 2021 at 12:00 am

    Owls have short legs because they’re excellent at hunting in the dark, and being short allows them to fly faster.

    The scientists hypothesize two probable reasons why owls are specially adapted for nighttime hunting: (1) their upright stance soars better into the air than birds of prey that perch on a down-stroke; and (2) their organs for echolocation generate an intense concentration of sound waves from which they can detect potential prey by vibrating sound waves off objects. Called sonar, these delicate sounds are not audible to humans but may enable owls to nab unsuspecting night-flying insects as well as small mammals like rats.

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  10. Marie Riley
    Marie Riley
    2021-05-18T00:00:00+00:00Added an answer on May 18, 2021 at 12:00 am

    Owls’ wings span from 4 – 5 feet. Meanwhile, an owl can’t take off on the wing of a dime. Wingspan doesn’t mean anything if they can only fly low to the ground.

    The story goes that one of nature’s cruel tricks is for predators in a world too big to walk across, but just right for flying over; as an owl has only the slightest flapping or gliding abilities on its perch, and needs lots of time and space even if it’s going cave-to-cave hunting for mice with their keen eyesight–even light year distances in between planets might be enough to feel like a hop!

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