• anon6789@lemmy.worldOP
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    21 days ago

    They’ve got twice the neck vertebrae than we do, and they’re a bit coiled like a spring. The blood vessels and airways are also similarly coiled inside so they don’t suffocate themselves contorting like this. Those would have been some interesting generations to observe while that was evolving! 😆

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      20 days ago

      Haha. Just imagining the prehistoric owls twisting their neck going “Okay. Okay. Nope, too far. There goes my neck.”

      And that one smug owl who of course got the biggest twist angle giving the smug owl look.