"BOO!" Did I scare you? No? Well, drats! However, I am sure you would almost have a heart attack if you stumbled across one of these in the wild! How can you ignore that humongous yellow eye and the ear tufts that make it seem as if they have horns? Actually, that's where their name, Great Horned Owl, comes from!
This owl is the second heaviest in North America and definitely one of the most striking in appearance. Each and every Great Horned Owl has a different color pattern and the degree of vibrant color also varies. What is creepy, though, is that Great Horned Owls can rotate their head a whole 270 degrees! Want to know a really gross fact? I'm sure you do!
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