piefed.zeromedia.vip🐝 "Bee" Quiet, I'm Napping!🦉
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From Misty O’Neil Epstein
Mr Great Horned owl trying to take a nap but the bee had other plans 😊 Too cute!
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They act like old men when they’re annoyed haha
I was just saying in another recent post that I wonder what that sound is like for them with their super hearing? Can their brain filter down the perceived sound level or does that bee sound like the neighbor mowing their lawn the second the sun rises?
And as for the owl itself, what does it think exactly is going to happen if you catch that bee? You still have a normal tongue and soft palette! With their breathing hole being at the back of their tongue, that could be quite dangerous.
I’m assuming their super hearing uses some sort of post processing in their brain, such that it doesn’t work on a higher volume (dB) linear scale, but rather works on some sort of log scale.
Maybe their bottom end hearing - quiet sounds - are “lifted” in volume, so they perceive it as closer in volume to what we consider a normal volume rather than a quiet noise.
We do that sort of thing too with our perceptions. A lot of stuff is post-processed in the brain before we get to perceive it conciously.
As for what happens if they catch it, they’re pretty much cats, so I’m assuming they would play with it until it’s dead then drop it lol
I’m always so curious how animals view the world!