E se vos dissermos que as corujas dormem com as caras viradas para o chão porque não conseguem suportar o peso da cabeça, acreditam? Muitos de vocês encontraram o vosso spirit animal e bem, não dá para negar que é adorável.
Confere:
Esta espécie consegue rodar a cabeça e o pescoço até 270 graus e esta habilidade é possível devido às 14 vértebras que têm no pescoço. Para teres noção, um humano tem apenas metade.
Acontece que foi recentemente que a internet descobriu que elas dormem de cabeça para baixo por não aguentarem com o peso da sua cabeça:
#TuesdayThoughts: juvenile snow owls sometimes sleep face down. Older ones can sleep whilst perched, but the weight of their heads could make a young snow owl topple over if they slept this way. THEY ARE NOT DRUNK OWLS! pic.twitter.com/d7N3aByC7t
— Modem Times (@ModemTimes) May 30, 2019
E muitos duvidaram mas tiveram certezas…
I've been trying to find the original photographer for this image, but no luck. It's obviously a captive bird. Regardless, yes, young nestling owls do sleep, or rest lying down. Their heads are too heavy for their bodies. Here are some saw-whets from my Ph.D. research 🙂 pic.twitter.com/9xQ2SA1IPI
— Heather Hinam, Ph.D. (@SecondNatureMB) June 3, 2019
Teenage owl sleep habits are way outside my lane, but I found (less hilarious) confirming accounts.
Kathy C of Dusty Lane encountered this face-planted napping friend: https://t.co/dqVgFQdUq7 pic.twitter.com/y22awph0Xf
— Mika McKinnon (@mikamckinnon) June 3, 2019
I haven’t found the original source for this pic, but it‘s also suggests owls sometimes sleep laying down.
Although I haven’t found any other ground face-plants or science articles on teenagers being top-heavy unstable sleepers…
Any bird peeps want to confirm or debunk? pic.twitter.com/i1r98mIoJN
— Mika McKinnon (@mikamckinnon) June 3, 2019
Adorável.