The silent flight of an owl - Natural World: Super Powered Owls Preview - BBC Two

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[@viridisxiv766]

if i remember correctly, its the feathers. they sacrifice speed for smoothness. slow and quiet, hell i once had one fly right over my head and i only knew because everyone went "ooooh" lol

[@tusheschannel]

Well, if your prey has no idea you're coming, and it's already too late by the time you arrive, then you don't need to be fast, it's just another amazing way evolution works.

[@tusheschannel]

Linnet The way Evolution works is through life constantly experimenting within it's environment and changing and adapting to survive accordingly. Birds generally survive because they're much quicker than their predators and prey, the owl tends to go unnoticed though, so generally doesn't require as much speed.

[@tusheschannel]

Linnet I won't argue becaue I know how important careful wording is when it comes to properly explaining Evolution. I agree with what you're saying, but sometimes think words like 'luck' should be left out of it, I mean ANY healthy living creature (as defined by it's individual requirements for good health) could be described as 'lucky' if it meets the general standards of it's species, but for something to gradually push beyond good fortune, to the point that it's 'luckiness' because the standard amongst it's species, to me that is the true defining factor in Evolution, the spreading and normalisation of good fortune.

[@roberts7961]

Barn owl feathers are not water proof so no wax on them, that's how they fly so quiet

[@NYCBX9]

@@tusheschannel how would they get it right🤔 they didn’t evolve they were created that way🤦‍♂️ it’s impossible for them to experiment.

[@n8rad3]

I didn't know birds made piano sounds when you slow the audio down

[@israrisrar3800]

I thought this was common knowledge

[@Mittens123]

@@israrisrar3800 🤓👆its called sarcasm nerd

[@madeleinelepoivre3682]

😂

[@Souron1994]

I love how the owl screams right before it takes off lol metal as fuck \m/

[@gengszter01]

🤘🏻

[@caswell2629]

🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@erkamyuksel5377]

🤟

[@MrHoliday2usir]

Barn Owl is like "this song is called" Cue hammer smashed face

[@ammo193]

1:07 never seen someone love their job as much as this woman... She treats those birds like her own offspring

[@StephenAndrew777]

I laughed so hard at the pigeon's flapping turkey noises.

[@AndroiDia-]

Exactly😂

[@PassportGang]

That’s how pigeons really sound.

[@StephenAndrew777]

@@PassportGang go away

[@PassportGang]

@@StephenAndrew777 you mean like your dad did?

[@FrancisSalvador]

This is how I sneak to the fridge in the middle of the night

[@Chicfemme]

😂

[@secondborne]

true 😂

[@lobatalobatita6692]

I have some owl feathers and they are absolutely perfect The first feather of the wings has fringes that break the air and the rest of the feather is ultra soft with small silky extensions on the other edge to cushion the turbulence It is one of the reasons that owls are one of my favorite animals

[@muhammadhayan118]

Your comments is interest but you can tell me simple words why owl fly silently

[@m7ammad591]

1 year later. You’re both dead😂

[@WildBillHabiki]

they are so cool. they can almost hover too. amazing birds of prey

[@spanqueluv9er]

No, owls cannot hover you fuqwit.🙄🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️💩🤡

[@robertkoestner8081]

Did anyone else notice that the owl had a higher starting point? The first two flew a level, straight course, but the owl sort of swooped down and pulled up at the end.

[@hughJ]

Yep. Not only that, but they clearly did multiple takes because in one shot the owl is standing on 1 box, while its actual flight used 2 boxes, (while the other birds had no boxes.) The filmmakers presumably didn't get the dramatic result they were expecting with the owl so they kept changing the conditions until it did.

[@really9238]

yea I call BS on this. it may still be quieter but what's the point of giving it an advantage?

[@michaelgum97]

​@@really9238 This advantage helps them to hunt at night. A pigeon's flapping can alert the rest of the flock that danger is coming.

[@charlybadulaque4730]

Eagles are Samurai but Owls are Ninjas

[@kevinamundsen6983]

Animals are awesome. What's really cool is that different animals inherently have "technology" that humans have had to develop over centuries: Owls- night vision, Snakes- thermal/infrared, Dolphins- sonar/echolocation, etc.

[@imaansharifi]

Wonderful comment Kevin

[@xLynxxx]

Nature is beautiful. Yes i have to repeat this again

[@kameronkirby9227]

Yeah it's awesome I love animals

[@Pooters73]

Humans - funny comments on KZbin.

[@andersfrederiksen8046]

Biomimicry is awesome

[@michealwatts7469]

Holy fucking shit... Now I suddenly have a fear of giant mutated owls...

[@salamanca1954]

+Micheal Watts Are you kidding? Well, yes ... I suppose you are. Took me a minute. Sorry. Anyway, owls are some of the most specialized birds on earth in regard to sound. As we see here the owl has evolved almost total sound suppression to attack prey by surprise, and on the other side, has extremely acute hearing in the frequencies emitted by the movement and utterances of its prey. And some species of owl have ear openings on two different levels on their heads, increasing their ability to "see" in 3-D sound, an incredible example of a kind of ranging array, not unlike something we would make, not having already evolved it.

[@FireChicken747]

When I was a little kid I was in a church program and we would do activities in a park. One day we were in The grass playing and unknown to me there was a mouse there and an owl came nearly 6 feet beside me and souped up the mouse I was in shock as much as I was amazed

[@laurensnyder9418]

Hm. Although owl feathers structures are different and definitely make their wings more quiet, I think the take off height also has something to do with it in this particular experiment. Because the owl had a little more height, he could glide more and wouldn't have to flap as hard. Would have liked to see him take off from the same platform as the other birds.

[@15-gurdjieff88]

Yeah imagine if it was flying from a branch up high there would be even less of the silence Lol But not laughing because I have cats

[@TheLoneLoony]

Man, birds are so fricking cool!

[@JawadAlsmady]

Cats are cooler bruh

[@ischelkanov]

Step aside, Marvel, we have real superhero here

[@rachelciel3330]

Owls are truly the cats of the sky.

[@lorenzogiancristofaro9721]

I think placing the owl 50cm higher than the other birds they gave her quite an advantage, she didn't really have to lift herself like the other 2

[@alenedavis7657]

Because owls are slower, they may not be able to take off horizontally like the other birds did. If they'd lifted the other birds to the same height those birds would probably have flown higher over the microphones than the owl ended up flying after its initial drop.

[@occultus_lupus]

​@@alenedavis7657 then they should of made all the take offs from the same height as the owl. Biased test invalid results

[@davylafontdelasarroques1638]

Magnifique, silencieuse et efficace. La chouette quoi...

[@lilywei1008]

owl takeoff height to be higher than the previous two

[@xaomioppo9620]

don't be silly. the owl actually flies closer to the mics than the other two. why are illogically skeptical people so dull? just refute for the sake of antagonizing. is that it?

[@danielsmith5032]

@@xaomioppo9620 multiple people have made a very good observation. You're the one antagonizing comments

[@kom1996]

The owl still flapped her Wings right

[@VentusxBBSxSpero]

They're so adorable! >.

[@nathanschubert3048]

I knew they were quiet, but not downright silent.

[@legatefantastic4984]

#teamrowlet

[@cooper712]

Ayy thats why I'm here. #TeamRowlet

[@trampolini40]

Doesn't actually tell us how they fly silently :/

[@TheDriftdog]

That's so you tune in on yer tele box & watch the full thing

[@trampolini40]

TheDriftdog I guess you have a point, but it's still a misleading title

[@Agnessa92]

They fly silent because of wings structure. They also don't generate "wind". Owls are cool.

[@trampolini40]

Ah thanks

[@MatthiasUrlichs]

***** They can't "not generate wind". They generate less turbulence than other birds, but ultimately everything that's heavier than air flies by pushing air down. I.e., wind. Basic physics, that.

[@itsameliorated]

This inspired me to create my newest art project. Thank you BBC!

[@paulmiracle-influencer-pod9809]

can we see the project ?

[@theWZZA]

Peregrine: I'm so fast, it doesn't matter if they hear me coming.

[@justinmeyers4234]

Duuude this guy narrates the real dictators podcast, it’s the e best. Also I like how all of the birds are fairly quiet but the pigeon literally screams the entire time it flies

[@pewpew6569]

While there is a fact that owls fly more silently and smoothly than any other birds, the comparison shown in this clip was biased. The owl's take off height was higher than the other two birds. The pigeon and the falcon need to exert bigger and faster flaps to gain lift during their take offs causing much turbulence in the air.

[@Partyaap050]

Not biased at all. Not matter how the owl would take off, it wouldn't produce more sound. These owls can jump into the air from standing and fly off without producing any sound. These owls are just very silent which creates your illusion of 'it must be biased because of take off' but in reality, it doesn't matter.

[@alexisricardi1184]

Oh nice, Carol got tired of killing zombies and start a new job as bird trainer lol. 😅

[@imadmorsli2871]

most owls except for elf owls and burrowing owls have fringes on their feathers which allow them to fly silently

[@ammo193]

0:32 did the owl actually scream because she was pissed that the guy hid her food and tricked her with something else 😂😂😂

[@wingsofsteel3246]

Incredible

[@n_acquaintance]

b4 flying closed the mics

[@davidmessenger8690]

Trickery! The owl is taking off from a higher platform.

[@MadlySevered]

+David Messenger still flapping its wings alot over the first 2 mics, then just small flaps

[@xaomioppo9620]

don't be silly. the owl actually flies closer to the mics than the other two. why are illogically skeptical people so dull? just refute for the sake of antagonizing. is that it?

[@TTALeapMonster]

Well, no. Noticing the owl on a different platform is really observant actually. There's nothing to say it gives a particular advantage in a sound test though. Speed/hunting maybe but not sound.

[@hiphopanonymous9859]

it didnt have to flap as much because it can glide from the higher platform.

[@brnrdcrz9078]

Agreed

[@salmanahd4297]

I think because of light weight and long wings

[@raaaaaaaaaaahhhhh]

very cute bird

[@achtube85]

I wake up in the middle of the night to simply get some water and wake up everyone ... I feel so clumsy compared to this owl...

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

They're so cute!

[@jean-francoisterursec1200]

Excellent, magnifique. But why did you add these piano sounds ?

[@jankarlsson8341]

Incredible.

[@kabirancan]

love you bbc

[@bobi7939]

I want to know who is the narrator because I love his voice

[@colettelane9054]

My nieghbor has barn owls and said they cough up fur balls and that researchers collect them to study. Where can i find out more about this please.

[@Dragongirl870]

+Colette Lane The "Fur Balls" are called pellets, and are a natural process where the food the owls eat (they swallow whole mice and other things) go to their gizzard, an organ that owls specifically have, which will digest all the nutritious parts of their food, and all the hair, bones, teeth and otherwise that remain from the food they swallowed are coughed back up and disposed of in the pellets that you've heard of.

[@lordhokage6294]

Neji brought me here

[@elliot7110]

Larger wingspan, lighter bird?

[@RanchBlessingsz]

They just can't stop themselves from using background music 🙄🙄🙄

[@standalonecomplex2195]

Why was the owl starting from higher position?

[@thuglife-fw6lb]

wen he swops down and the equal sides on the fethers

[@mukherjeekrishno18]

Wow

[@michellenguyen7747]

I came here from Lee and Shira's fight, shira the owl man lmao

[@edwiener9666]

Who came here from getting the josh hutcherson??😂

[@anterix1999]

There is something quite fishy here... Quiet is one thing. Silence is not plausible.

structures and different wing strokes...

[@samantha0746]

awesome. like this video

[@gblankster]

Interesting but not the most important fact. Neither the owl or the hawk make any sound when the dive into their prey.

[@justgoodoba]

meet Capone, a silent owl :)

[@RyanjrPlays]

Does this apply to all owls or just Barn Owls?

[@RickertBrandsen]

God, I wanna be this howl or bald eagle.

[@christianewoltersmd]

only for people in the uk ...:(

[@centris1]

PBS Video of the BBC program expires March 18, 2015 www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/owl-power-full-episode/11636/

[@hutz5840]

nice

[@Brydzo]

Why didn't the owl start from the same position that the shitter and hawk did?

[@blackwood5851]

Background piano music ruined it:/

[@-__-_-_--__--_-__-_____--_-___]

owls are sick

[@therealityishere2461]

Subhanallah Allahuekberrrrr

[@roselasalvatrice4664]

Cool

[@ira_555]

"Видать сову по полёту!" Старая русская поговорка.

[@yvantheimpactreviewer3158]

Gosh i fucking love science

[@yvantheimpactreviewer3158]

Buzz off, we are the GODS

[@hafidbenslama656]

Le niveau de départ c pas la même chose " la hauteur" je pense que c la cause🤞

[@LUCKY_3300]

The reason why this bird is a perfect Vahan Of Goddess Lakshmi...reaches its aim (lakshya) in dark without making noise just as the quote goes... Work hard in silence let success make the noise 🤠

[@lakshyarajkhatri]

And you are a clown 🤡

[@hrg7268]

سبحان الله

[@tt0040tt]

سبحان الله 💔

[@M9dY]

سبحان الخالق

[@15-gurdjieff88]

Yeah imagine if it was flying from a branch up high... there would be even less of the silence Lol But not laughing because I have cats

[@fourbz9428]

Owl cheated.

[@royito42]

Who's here from instagram that got played but actually wanted to see the video 😭 ✋🏼

[@kushsingh3322]

Bhai Just Abi same scene hua mere sath bhi🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@yamamoto324]

I am more amaze by how they tame those birds. I wanna be a tamer now... BIRDY, GOUGE OUT JAKE'S EYES!!!

[@dang2443]

Who is here because of Grand Theft Auto ? Oh, whoops, that would be every music video on KZbin...

[@arianaverde]

how do they reach it - this almost-absolute-silent fly? and why...

[@youngpadawan7910]

+Lu Ci At the end of their wings are feathers which cut the whirls in tiny pieces which makes it so silent : )

[@arianaverde]

+Yolo Swaggins well... that makes deep sense!! :-) thanks... ~

[@youngpadawan7910]

Lu Ci Nature's best at what it's doing :)

[@arianaverde]

+Yolo Swaggins so "perfectly" true!! :-)

[@milesmatheson1142]

BUT WHY?! I MEAN IT'S FUCKING COOL AND ALL, BUT WHY?!

[@milesmatheson1142]

PS- I know why, I'm just drink AF and want to hear the explanation...

[@adhamalhinawi5108]

😱

[@pedrosimonherrero2195]

Me cabrean! Estos personajes de ficcion, que se meten donde no deben y manipulan a la par que engañan.. Vosotros que ariais?

[@huskenzo5710]

lol i came here from Neji from Naruto

[@AhmedShaheen-v8h]

Glorifies The Name of The Mighty Creator Of Heavens and the Earth, (Were the disbelievers created by nothing, or were they themselves the creators? 52:35 Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no firm Belief.52:36)

[@bigsleez8655]

came from the shitty earrape video

[@MSalmanAlvi]

😨😰😱

[@dustinhensell2528]

This is cool 🔽 🔽 🔽

[@yerremy.emanuel4748]

God is great

[@peterhughes3461]

We went to a bird sanctuary as a kid at school. I remember they had different birds flag past and around us and then they brought out a barn owl. Seemed unreal when it flew past without a sound. I thought there was something wrong with my ears.

[@michaelgum97]

Now imagine how it's like for their prey during night time. Literal aerial assassination.

[@M33nfsk]

سبحان الله

[@MZain1]

wah

[@vanillathunder7957]

My parents waking up when I'm asleep vs. me waking up when they're asleep

[@LimeLivesMatter]

I only came here because of Lee vs Shira

[@quinciorangel953]

Lol... Same (and I havent finished watching the fight yet )

[@BossDogChillin]

same

[@ULTIMATEGRILLSHIFU]

Lime Lives Matter same too bruh

[@kalaharimeerkatfan]

Kensa is a nice name for a Barn Owl. But now I realize what that Peregrine was aiming for.

[@supriyagolaytamang]

परमेस्वरको श्रृस्टीमा हरेकलाई आशिष अनि उपहार हरेक प्राणीहरुमा !!!

[@natsaliba4094]

Pigeon 🚗 Falcon 🏎️ Owl 🔋

[@kevsercelik8921]

Videolara türkçe alt yazı eklermisiniz

[@adityaramdani7066]

Unfair starting point, owl have higher starting point when the rest have same height with target

[@defmax29]

Also the owl started a little further away as well as higher up. I'd imagine even the pigeon would be inaudible to our ears if it was gliding. Pathetic test for stupid audience.

[@hieunp_ds]

Maybe it's due to the direction of the animals when flying. The owl's direction is a parabolic shape while the other birds' direction is a zigzag or something not smoother like the owl's direction. This reduces the pressure of friction which is horizontal. Then the owl moves smoother and does not need to flap as many times as the others.

[@sade3956]

naruto brought me here

[@Wh0s._.char.lie2]

I'm here because of school

[@bradleyjdavid]

Who's the narrator?