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I can't stop imagining spider's heads are a Buch of tiny owls holding together now (-_-)
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this post was submitted on 08 Apr 2025
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For owls that are superb.
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If you find an injured owl:
Note your exact location so the owl can be released back where it came from. Contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitation specialist to get correct advice and immediate assistance.
Minimize stress for the owl. If you can catch it, toss a towel or sweater over it and get it in a cardboard box or pet carrier. It should have room to be comfortable but not so much it can panic and injure itself. If you can’t catch it, keep people and animals away until help can come.
Do not give food or water! If you feed them the wrong thing or give them water improperly, you can accidentally kill them. It can also cause problems if they require anesthesia once help arrives, complicating procedures and costing valuable time.
If it is a baby owl, and it looks safe and uninjured, leave it be. Time on the ground is part of their growing up. They can fly to some extent and climb trees. If animals or people are nearby, put it up on a branch so it’s safe. If it’s injured, follow the above advice.
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These are all jumping spiders, they have advanced eyes somewhat similar to ours. Other spiders don’t have this “iris-like” appendage.
As the eyes are too close together to allow depth perception, and the animals do not make use of motion parallax, they have instead evolved a method called image defocus. Of the four photoreceptor layers in the retina, the two closest to the surface contain a UV-sensitive opsin (visual pigment), while the two deepest contain a green-sensitive opsin. The incoming green light is only focused on the deepest layer, while the other one receives defocused or fuzzy images. By measuring the amount of defocus from the fuzzy layer, calculating the distance to the objects in front of them is possible.
To explain this in simpler terms, their lenses focus the light on the deepest part of their retina, which is explicitly fuzzy for the surface part since it's necessarily out of focus due to the distance between layers. Then their little jumping spider brains calculate how far something is based on the difference in fuzziness. Meaning they could theoretically judge that distance and jump on a flying insect with one eye. Eat your heart out depth perception using mammals.
calculating the distance to the objects in front of them is possible.
So, the look of surprise is real
And we can do all that only with two eyes. The world is a marvel...
Superb spiders indeed, but these are not owls.
I just like to mess up with community content with sharing sometimes things that has to me a similaire feeling than what is share to the community, knowing full well it is not the topic (^_^) It stir up conversation and give a bit of fun break to our superb animators/moderators.
Do worry I don't spam. That's just once in a while. It is also a chance for crossover community and community discovery.
i love them
is there a spider community here? i want one
Top left looks like it's hiding behind 2 koosh balls.
Totally forgot about those ha
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I bet all of these were taken after they told them they are beautiful!