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The Palm-nut Vulture is one of the very few birds of prey that regularly eats vegetable matter.

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Tawny Owls are the only owl in the world that make the renowned ‘Twiiit-twhooo’ sound!

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Owls have four toes; a permanent back toe and three front toes. One of these front toes can rotate to the front or back to allow owls to improve their grip on their captured prey.

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Owls can catch their prey in complete darkness. This is because their ears are positioned asymmetrically which allows them to pinpoint the location of prey movements.

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Many owls can see in almost complete darkness. Their eyes have many more rods and far fewer cones than human eyes. Rods are sensitive to low levels of light while cones deal more with colour and clarity at high light levels.

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Many owl species can rotate their heads 270 degrees in each direction and can do so with speed and ease.

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Owls are often associated with Hallowe’en because in the Middle Ages they were often thought to be witches. It was also believed that if you heard an owl’s call, it meant someone was going to die.

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The oldest wild Common Buzzard recorded in the UK was more than 25 years old.

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The word raptor is derived from the Latin word raptare (or rapto) which means to seize violently and drag away.

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The Hooded Vulture is a species with two lifestyles – in West Africa, it lives near people in towns and villages while in southern Africa it’s a bird of the bush and protected areas.

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