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Das Maus-Team beobachtet, wie und wo Uhus in Deutschland leben – zum Beispiel im Sauerland oder im Siebengebirge. Dort paaren sie sich in einem Steinbruch, suchen Nahrung, brüten und bekommen ihren Nachwuchs. Auch in einer alten Burgruine in der Nähe von

This is an educational video from the German TV station ARD1, about German owls. It’s in German, of course, but it’s got some great video about two breeding pairs and their owlets, briefly covering from egg to leaving the nest, including some adorable footage of one of the fledglings practicing pouncing on a dead bird.

One couple nests in a cliff face; the other in a castle ruins. I fancy it’s a nice watch even if you don’t speak German.

Uhu is the German word for Bubo bubo, a Eurasian species of Eagle Owl. Eule is the German word for owls in general: Uhu are Eule, but not all Eule are Uhu.

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Title: Die Maus : Uhu – Wo lebt unsere größte Eule?

Featuring die Uhus von der Burgruine (Tristan & Isolde) und des Steinbruchs (Lotte & Leo) mit Nachwuchs.

  • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zipOPEnglish
    21·
    2 months ago

    Those feet are always (to me) shockingly enormous. Especially in the video, where the chicks are so young that he can casually sit next to them and just reach over and grab them, and put them in his lap!

    Edit: DeThorned

    • anon6789@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 months ago

      I understand a bit from a human perspective why they don’t fight back, but it makes me wonder how they understand it. 🤔

      After all the fight I will get from a cornered squirrel that acts like a feral cat, that the raptors can be so calm in the same situation seems strange. I don’t know if they have an understanding of how brittle they are against something our size, if they’re just confused because they are supposed to be the top of the food chain that something else has come along and grabbed them and they haven’t mentally prepared for it, or if we are just so big and scary they are half expecting for things to be over quickly.