Photo source: Julian Robinson

While most owls limit themselves to prey up to 20% of their body weight, Powerful Owls go after many arboreal mammals such as possums, gliders, and juvenile koalas, which can be 50 to 100% of their body weight. That is about 10x the body weight to prey ratio of other owls.

  • TWeaKEnglish
    8•1 year ago

    Research suggests that as habitat becomes scarcer, young owls are staying longer with their parents, who will continue feeding them into the next breeding season and that appeared to happen with Snowy II.

    They’re just like people!

    • anon6789OP
      6•1 year ago

      Yes, it doesn’t seem we’re doing any species any favors, does it? 😅