Pallid Eagle Owl: This bird is a reason to believe in the supernatural! Several reasons why an owl looks like a ghost (8 photos)

Our present-day brother, the pale eagle owl, could well be the cause of ghost stories. He has very mysterious features!





So why does he suddenly look like an otherworldly entity? Firstly, the pallid eagle owl is a giant bird. The length of the body is more than half a meter, the wingspan is 1.5 meters, the weight is 3 kilos. He is one of the four largest owls on the planet.



Another feature of the bird is pink eyelids. Why they are so needed is not entirely clear. Probably to scare people.

The pale gray plumage further connects the bird with supernatural entities. At dusk, such a dashing look can be confused with anything: from a flying human silhouette to an overly rapidly descending Boeing 747. And HUGE, absolutely black eyes persistently remind of the futility of existence and the endless, all-consuming darkness waiting on the other side of the Styx.





Secondly, the eagle owl has chosen tropical woodlands and the edges of forests in Africa. This means that there are no birds, no, but they will intersect with the aborigines. And they are deeply superstitious. Every third there is a shaman-guide-to-the-otherworld, and every zero-fifth met with a ghost the other day.



The fires of hell are in those eyes.

Thirdly, because he is an owl. This means that the birds operate at night, fly silently, and hoot loudly. This set is already enough to make a person who finds himself in darkness believe in anything.

Combo? Combo.



So this is what real ghost hunters look like.

Due to its size, the bird’s diet is more than varied: insects, rodents, reptiles, monkeys - an eagle owl can take to the air with prey half its weight! He especially distinguished himself among birds in that he, a clever man from beyond the grave, was one of the few who learned to eat hedgehogs. To do this, he silently flies up to the victim and elegantly grabs the curious hedgehog's face with his claws.



During a period of drought, in the African winter, ghosts press into intimacy. No matter how scary our hero is, he is a romantic at heart. The partners meticulously take care of each other, and the family remains inseparable until the death of one of the birds (death after death?). As befits ghosts, they do not build a nest themselves, but take over half-abandoned dwellings from their old owners.



Or they are squeezed from completely living owners and their relatives. Moreover, such a battle for a successful nesting site can go to the death.

After the merger of souls, the female lays 1-3 eggs, almost 2 times the size of chicken eggs. After incubation for 40 days (Funeral motives! Not without reason!) little Caspers are born. In 6 weeks they will fledge and after another 3 they will fly off to scare the unlucky natives and terrorize the local small fauna.



Perhaps the cutest ghosts you've ever seen.

What conclusion can we draw from the article? It doesn't matter how scary and creepy you are. You can always find an equally scary and creepy friend to scare everyone together!