Really, would you have ever thought these birds could be so cozy and companionable? They hardly act like birds at all–more like mammals. And they dance to music. They must be fantastically intelligent, to be able to adapt so well to what must be, to them, truly unfamiliar circumstances.
It turns out owls can do a lot more than just sit around and look wise and criticize Freddy the Pig’s poetry. Before youtube came along, who knew owls could make such good pets?
I remember the first time I saw an owl. My friend and I were walking in the woods, I guess I was about six years old, when we disturbed the world’s most enormous owl, who flapped his wings with a sound of thunder and took off. Man! To this day I’m sure that bird was bigger than I was. One of those memories you just don’t forget, ever.