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Are owls really that smart

They keep saying "who?" Like they don't even know their own names :/ yet people say that they are intelligent even though they don't know their names, I don't get it

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JustABirb

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5y ago
Updated: 9/27/2023

Owls aren't among the social birds, which are considered intelligent. Owls are mainly solitary. While they are marvellously adapted predators, their behaviour is very hardwired, and their vocalisation limited. Owls have many special attributes, but being avian eggheads isn’t one of them.

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