Well, if your prey has no idea you're coming, and it's already too late by the time you arrive, then you don't need to be fast, it's just another amazing way evolution works.

Linnet The way Evolution works is through life constantly experimenting within it's environment and changing and adapting to survive accordingly. Birds generally survive because they're much quicker than their predators and prey, the owl tends to go unnoticed though, so generally doesn't require as much speed.

Linnet I won't argue becaue I know how important careful wording is when it comes to properly explaining Evolution. I agree with what you're saying, but sometimes think words like 'luck' should be left out of it, I mean ANY healthy living creature (as defined by it's individual requirements for good health) could be described as 'lucky' if it meets the general standards of it's species, but for something to gradually push beyond good fortune, to the point that it's 'luckiness' because the standard amongst it's species, to me that is the true defining factor in Evolution, the spreading and normalisation of good fortune.

Barn owl feathers are not water proof so no wax on them, that's how they fly so quiet

@@tusheschannel how would they get it right🤔 they didn’t evolve they were created that way🤦‍♂️ it’s impossible for them to experiment.

I thought this was common knowledge

@@israrisrar3800 🤓👆its called sarcasm nerd

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That’s how pigeons really sound.

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@@StephenAndrew777 you mean like your dad did?

Wonderful comment Kevin

Nature is beautiful. Yes i have to repeat this again

Yeah it's awesome I love animals

Humans - funny comments on KZfaq.

Biomimicry is awesome

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Your comments is interest but you can tell me simple words why owl fly silently

1 year later. You’re both dead😂

No, owls cannot hover you fuqwit.🙄🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️💩🤡

Yep. Not only that, but they clearly did multiple takes because in one shot the owl is standing on 1 box, while its actual flight used 2 boxes, (while the other birds had no boxes.) The filmmakers presumably didn't get the dramatic result they were expecting with the owl so they kept changing the conditions until it did.

yea I call BS on this. it may still be quieter but what's the point of giving it an advantage?

Yeah imagine if it was flying from a branch up high there would be even less of the silence Lol But not laughing because I have cats

Cats are cooler bruh

Because owls are slower, they may not be able to take off horizontally like the other birds did. If they'd lifted the other birds to the same height those birds would probably have flown higher over the microphones than the owl ended up flying after its initial drop.

​@@alenedavis7657 then they should of made all the take offs from the same height as the owl. Biased test invalid results

can we see the project ?

Ayy thats why I'm here. #TeamRowlet

don't be silly. the owl actually flies closer to the mics than the other two. why are illogically skeptical people so dull? just refute for the sake of antagonizing. is that it?

@@xaomioppo9620 multiple people have made a very good observation. You're the one antagonizing comments

The owl still flapped her Wings right

+Micheal Watts Are you kidding? Well, yes ... I suppose you are. Took me a minute. Sorry. Anyway, owls are some of the most specialized birds on earth in regard to sound. As we see here the owl has evolved almost total sound suppression to attack prey by surprise, and on the other side, has extremely acute hearing in the frequencies emitted by the movement and utterances of its prey. And some species of owl have ear openings on two different levels on their heads, increasing their ability to "see" in 3-D sound, an incredible example of a kind of ranging array, not unlike something we would make, not having already evolved it.

Lol... Same (and I havent finished watching the fight yet )

same

Lime Lives Matter same too bruh

That's so you tune in on yer tele box & watch the full thing

TheDriftdog I guess you have a point, but it's still a misleading title

They fly silent because of wings structure. They also don't generate "wind". Owls are cool.

Ah thanks

***** They can't "not generate wind". They generate less turbulence than other birds, but ultimately everything that's heavier than air flies by pushing air down. I.e., wind. Basic physics, that.

Not biased at all. Not matter how the owl would take off, it wouldn't produce more sound. These owls can jump into the air from standing and fly off without producing any sound. These owls are just very silent which creates your illusion of 'it must be biased because of take off' but in reality, it doesn't matter.

+David Messenger still flapping its wings alot over the first 2 mics, then just small flaps

don't be silly. the owl actually flies closer to the mics than the other two. why are illogically skeptical people so dull? just refute for the sake of antagonizing. is that it?

Well, no. Noticing the owl on a different platform is really observant actually. There's nothing to say it gives a particular advantage in a sound test though. Speed/hunting maybe but not sound.

it didnt have to flap as much because it can glide from the higher platform.

Agreed

+Colette Lane The "Fur Balls" are called pellets, and are a natural process where the food the owls eat (they swallow whole mice and other things) go to their gizzard, an organ that owls specifically have, which will digest all the nutritious parts of their food, and all the hair, bones, teeth and otherwise that remain from the food they swallowed are coughed back up and disposed of in the pellets that you've heard of.

Buzz off, we are the GODS

Also the owl started a little further away as well as higher up. I'd imagine even the pigeon would be inaudible to our ears if it was gliding. Pathetic test for stupid audience.

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+Lu Ci At the end of their wings are feathers which cut the whirls in tiny pieces which makes it so silent : )

+Yolo Swaggins well... that makes deep sense!! :-) thanks... ~

Lu Ci Nature's best at what it's doing :)

+Yolo Swaggins so "perfectly" true!! :-)

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