Wild Earth Integration

Okay, I’m the first to admit it’s been awhile since the last post. My bad.

But, the good news is I have a good reason.  (more on that later)

Today I wanted to share with you one of the coolest creature tricks I’ve ever seen. Spoiler, I can’t identify it exactly – but looks to me like some sort of American screech owl. Any takers?

To get the full effect, watch the video here – trust me!

What’s going on?

When up against a barn owl (which is only a little bigger than himself), our owl transformer puffs up. You know, using the ‘scare-them-off-I’m-too-big-for-food’ tactic.

But when he’s up against a much bigger owl, he opts for another strategy: camouflage. By stretching its whole body into a branch shape, he succeeds not only in freaking the bejeezus out of us but hopefully gets ignored by the bigger owl.

Not a bad trick!

I personally think he looks an awful lot like a vampire owl when he does that, but that’s a story for another day…