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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