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I never gave thought to it before, but it makes sense they would be able to float for a while, being so light for their volume. Even the Fish Owls and Fishing Owls try to avoid getting wet though, so it is not a common occurrence.
Here's a short Audubon article about an adult being forced to swim after an unsuccessful nest takeover attempt. It has a very short video clip of an adult GHO doing the breast stroke.
Wow that's so interesting! It was really cool to see him use his wings like that! Now I'm trying to remember if there was a scene in the Guardians of Gahoole books where the owls got soaked... I'm due for a reread but I only have 3 of the books lol
Ugh, I still haven't gotten around to checking out GoG yet. I feel it's kinda mandatory for me at this point.
I'm still not done What an Owl Knows yet, and someone else had me download some Discworld I havent gotten to, and I'm only about a 1/4 into Link's Awakening. So much owl adjacent media to cover! 😵
And Discworld is in your superb TBR because of the city-state of Ankh-Morpork that has an owl crowning the City Arms?
Oooo I didn't really start it so I didn't know it had a coat of arms!
I got Guards! Guards!
The Watch Series is a good point to start. I hope you like it!
I did read the first few pages when I downloaded it, and like they style of it. I am looking forward to getting to it.
Just looked up the coat of arms and it also has my other favorite animal, the hippo! Double win!
Now I'm even more looking forward to it!
Pratchett loves wordplay and makes allusions to things that exist on roundworld. As an owl afficionado you surely caught the Mor(e)pork in the City name. That's where the owl comes from.
Yup, the Morepork was in the Owl of the Year for a few rounds, and that was when Discworld kept getting brought up.
I've heard about it long before, but I generally avoid longer series. I feel ready to check it out now though.
Hey same here! Kept seeing a bunch of posts about the series and eventually decided to read it lol, I'm liking it a lot so far