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minus-squareryedaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down1·6 months agoOwls can only turn their heads 270 degrees so your “360 Degrees Owl” headline doesn’t work. The comic is fine since the owl only turns it head 180 degrees there.
minus-squareTheOakTree@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·6 months agoI mean, if they can turn 270 degrees in either direction then I suppose they can cover 360 degrees, just not from resting position.
minus-squareBluesF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoI really doubt they can go 270 degrees in either direction.
minus-squareryedaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoYou are wrong but recent research indicates that I may in fact also be wrong 😭😭 Owls may actually be able to turn their heads a full 360 degrees | New Scientist - https://www.newscientist.com/article/2413893-owls-may-actually-be-able-to-turn-their-heads-a-full-360-degrees/
minus-squareBluesF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoThat’s still not 270 in either direction, that would be a total of 540!! That’s seriously exorcist shit
minus-squareTheOakTree@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-26 months agoI know it’s not a scientific paper or anything, but a quick search led me to Smithsonian Magazine’s article: “Owls, on the other hand, can rotate their necks up to 270 degrees in either direction without damaging the vessels running below their heads…”
minus-squareBluesF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoI stand corrected, owls are indeed some exorcist shit
minus-squareTheOakTree@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-26 months agoYou made me doubt myself lol, I was like “you’re right, 540° neck turning range seems excessive so I should do a search”
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoThis reminds me of the old Xbox 360 joke that everyone used to always fight about online.
Owls can only turn their heads 270 degrees so your “360 Degrees Owl” headline doesn’t work. The comic is fine since the owl only turns it head 180 degrees there.
I mean, if they can turn 270 degrees in either direction then I suppose they can cover 360 degrees, just not from resting position.
I really doubt they can go 270 degrees in either direction.
You are wrong but recent research indicates that I may in fact also be wrong 😭😭
Owls may actually be able to turn their heads a full 360 degrees | New Scientist - https://www.newscientist.com/article/2413893-owls-may-actually-be-able-to-turn-their-heads-a-full-360-degrees/
That’s still not 270 in either direction, that would be a total of 540!! That’s seriously exorcist shit
I know it’s not a scientific paper or anything, but a quick search led me to Smithsonian Magazine’s article:
I stand corrected, owls are indeed some exorcist shit
You made me doubt myself lol, I was like “you’re right, 540° neck turning range seems excessive so I should do a search”
This reminds me of the old Xbox 360 joke that everyone used to always fight about online.