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Why don't owls have necks?

Anonymous

∙ 16y ago

Updated: 10/9/2023

Owls do have a neck, with 14 vertebrae which allows the owls head to turn about 270 degrees. However, because the owls feathers are so thickly covered, it is only when the owl stretches that the neck becomes apparent.

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∙ 16y ago

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