Subject: [Tweeters] Smithsonian Magazine: This Giant Prehistoric Owl Was anActual Cannibal
Date: Tue Aug 4 17:32:10 PDT 2020
From: Paul Bannick - paul.bannick at gmail.com

Jamie,

Thanks for bringing this up as I was bothered by the same issue. Great
Horned Owls , Hawk Owls and Snowy Owls also eat other species and several
species of owls will consume their dead or dying siblings in the nest.

Paul



On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 5:27 PM J. Acker <owler at sounddsl.com> wrote:


> 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

>

> owler at sounddsl.com

>

> Bainbridge Island, WA

>

>

>

> *From:* Tweeters [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu] *On

> Behalf Of *Dan Reiff

> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 04, 2020 1:05 PM

> *To:* Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject:* [Tweeters] Smithsonian Magazine: This Giant Prehistoric Owl

> Was anActual Cannibal

>

>

>

>

> *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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> Shared from Apple News <https://www.apple.com/news>

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