EYE - OWL
The eyes of an owl are not true “eyeballs.” Their tube-shaped eyes are completely immobile, providing binocular vision which fully focuses on their prey and boosts depth perception. Owls can rotate their necks 270 degrees and tip their heads up and down 90 degrees. A group of owls is called a parliament.
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This figurine was given to my husband's mother, by his father, on their very first date in the early 1930's. They were at a fun fair in Southampton (England) and his dad won it at a ball-throwing stall. Originally it had little lights inside the head, that made the eyes glow, but over the years the lights got lost. My husband (we live in New Zealand) was recently sent the figurine by his daughter in England, who found it in a family storage facility. Because my husband remembered it with eyes that lit up, he has made a tiny LED light arrangement that fits inside the body and head, powered by batteries.
EYE - OWL
The eyes of an owl are not true “eyeballs.” Their tube-shaped eyes are completely immobile, providing binocular vision which fully focuses on their prey and boosts depth perception. Owls can rotate their necks 270 degrees and tip their heads up and down 90 degrees. A group of owls is called a parliament.
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This figurine was given to my husband's mother, by his father, on their very first date in the early 1930's. They were at a fun fair in Southampton (England) and his dad won it at a ball-throwing stall. Originally it had little lights inside the head, that made the eyes glow, but over the years the lights got lost. My husband (we live in New Zealand) was recently sent the figurine by his daughter in England, who found it in a family storage facility. Because my husband remembered it with eyes that lit up, he has made a tiny LED light arrangement that fits inside the body and head, powered by batteries.