This fluffy dragon bird bb is mostly known for is nocturnal and superior night vision due to a layer of tissue at the back of its eye called a tapetum lucidum, which reflects visible light back through its retina.
Other facts:
- They eat in flight
- Nightjars in general have some dark folklore told about them because of their big black eyes and piercing call. In Indonesia, there’s a satanic nightjar(!) that has a call that sounds like "sound of plucking out someone’s eyes.1
The also like to sun themselves![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/753de2cc-77e5-4613-86fb-63ab4506ee3e.png)
Dear lord, this is a certified creature.
Look at this image of one of its cousins. legend said it would drank milk right out of the udders of goats??![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/08230260-c292-4673-95fe-b657d24b821c.png)
Damn, and they spit out mole crickets too!?!