Screech owls are currently going through a molt and look pretty rough despite this being a normal occurrence for this time of year. Oracle is less than thrilled to have his bad hair day documented!
And since you are going to ask:
he was injured as a chick and has permanent damage in the right eye.
His ears make up for the lack of depth perception, so he’s fine in that regard.
He’s auditioning for the clinic’s production of The Dark Knight. 😁
Their eyes are so different and complex, and their bodies have different proteins than ours, so it makes many injuries look very unusual. I’d rather see them healthy, of course, but I learn so much from reading about these injuries.
Having such large and delicate organs right up front on a flying creature with a flat face poses a lot of risk in accidents, but thankfully with their asymmetrical hearing, many are able to compensate with their ears to overcome that lack of visual depth perception.
Oh true I didn’t think about the proteins or the hearing compensation (I didn’t know about the proteins so TIL lol)
Birdie livers break down hemoglobin differently than ours do, so their bruises turn green instead of purple like ours do. It can be a very pretty color.
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Oh wow interesting!
I don’t like seeing the hurt birdies, but it is very intriguing to look at!
Yeah it is