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The

Tawny Owl or Brown Owl is a stocky, medium-sized owl commonly found in woodlands across much of Eurasia. Its underparts are pale with dark streaks, and the upperparts are either brown or grey.

Although

many people believe this owl has exceptional night vision, its retina is no more sensitive than a human's. Rather, it is its asymmetrically placed ears that are key to its hunting because they give the Tawny Owl excellent directional hearing. Owls also can blend in with their surroundings, so it will be harder for their predators/prey too see owls.

Well

owls can turn their head that is gerat for catching prey and watching out for predators at night or day. Owls can also hear their predators as well as seeing them.
Also since owls can turn their head 180 degrees thir taons or teeth can grab their prey really fast.

They

are able to see very well in both day and night. These features of the tawny owl have enabled it to live now over 58 million years.

Orchids are found throughout the world, from coastal shores to alpine herb fields. Many species favour soils of low fertility, and poorly drained sites. Common habitats are mature forest, open scrublands and swamps.

Many of the different species of orchids have unique adaptations of their flower structure and mechanisms of pollination. One of these pollination mechanisms is called pseudocopulatory pollination, which is where part of the flower actually looks like a female insect. What it does is release a scent into the air to smell like the pheromones of a female bee, fly, wasp or whatever species of insect the orchid needs to attract. When the male insect lands on it and "mates" with what really is the flower, the pollen attaches to the insect and stays with it until it reaches the next flower.

Orchids are very long lived plants, some of the original specimens discovered and collected in the 1700s and 1800s are still around.

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