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Lucky Barred Owl hoooo was saved and transported to APCH for care

Lead photo is after the successful surgery.

Rescued, hydrated, medicated, and set and wrapped for recovery!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

That's a nice write up in your link. I'll have to read that today.

I believe the neck typically looks short because the coil of bones is typically relaxed down into itself, but if they need to do that rotation where the eyes end up at the bottom or they go into the defensive posture where they try to initiate a branch, then they can stretch it out long

I still want to do a write up about their respiratory system with all the air sacs they have. It's really cool they basically have a natural fighter pilot pressure suit, with reserves of air and blood so they don't blackout or redout from the maneuvers they do.