Not that I wish to challenge the credibility of the Smithsonian, but the definition of cannibalism (from Wikipedia, the source of all knowledge) is "Cannibalism is the act of consuming another individual of the same species as food." No mention of the giant prehistoric owl eating its own species is mentioned in the article referenced -; only that it ate other species of owls. So do Barred Owls. They have been documented as eating screech-owls (both species) and Northern Saw-whet Owls. This being International Owl Awareness Day, I thought it proper to bring this forward.



J. Acker

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This Giant Prehistoric Owl Was an Actual Cannibal
Fossils found in the Ecuadorian Andes suggest the creature was a formidable predator

Read in Smithsonian Magazine: https://apple.news/AXJXtc1NuT0megn7EKIKdRA


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