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Life Sciences => Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution => Topic started by: DoctorBeaver on 29/06/2007 19:51:19

Title: Owls do it better
Post by: DoctorBeaver on 29/06/2007 19:51:19
It would take 12 cats to catch as many mice in 1 night as a barn owl.
Title: Owls do it better
Post by: paul.fr on 30/06/2007 07:46:41
And your question is?
Title: Owls do it better
Post by: kdlynn on 30/06/2007 07:53:32
maybe the question is why people don't have pet owls?
Title: Owls do it better
Post by: paul.fr on 30/06/2007 07:59:50
Quote from: kdlynn on 30/06/2007 07:53:32
maybe the question is why people don't have pet owls?

a pet owl would be a hoot, although it could rustle a few of the neighbours feathers  [^]
Title: Owls do it better
Post by: kdlynn on 30/06/2007 08:01:26
lol
Title: Owls do it better
Post by: DoctorBeaver on 30/06/2007 10:05:56
Quote from: paul.fr on 30/06/2007 07:46:41
And your question is?

My question is, who said we have to ask questions?
Title: Owls do it better
Post by: paul.fr on 30/06/2007 14:52:28
Quote from: DoctorBeaver on 30/06/2007 10:05:56


My question is, who said we have to ask questions?

I going to tell my dad, about you  [:-'(]  [:-'(]
Title: Owls do it better
Post by: another_someone on 30/06/2007 15:59:12
Quote from: kdlynn on 30/06/2007 07:53:32
maybe the question is why people don't have pet owls?

A number of owls are now regarded as endanger species, and probably would be illegal to keep in captivity (unless already bred from captive stock).

Also, where are the owls and the cats catching the mice.  Owls may catch mice well, but in the open, and over a large area.  An owl is scarcely going to catch mice in your basement or kitchen - and the one's living out in the fields don't really present much of a problem as vermin.

I believe the Wends (early pagan Slavic tribes in eastern Europe) used to keep snakes to catch vermin.  Part of their enforced christianisation by the Teutonic knights included that they give up their use of pet snakes for this purpose.