How long have owls been around? Even though they juuuust missed having out with the dinosaurs, they’ve still been around for around 61,000,000 years!

Check out these articles to read about some great scientific discoveries!

48-Million-Year-Old Fossil Owl Is Almost Perfectly Preserved easy read

55-Million-Year-Old Fossil of Large-Sized Owl Found in Wyoming easy read

First Ever Fossil Of An Owl That’s Active In Daytime Unearthed In China medium read, more science details in this one

Fossil trackways reveal first raptor-prey attack in Pleistocene Europe easyish read, a few fancy terms but they explain them

Are Birds Really Dinosaurs? hardest to read of the bunch, but solid info, from a paleontology museum

  • Digitalprimate
    3•9 months ago

    I need a time machine so I can have one as a friend.

    • anon6789OP
      3•9 months ago

      They do make modern versions you can befriend! Less sabre tooth cats and such to worry about now too! 🤣

      The Hawk Owl seems to have a similar face.

  • kamenLady.
    2•9 months ago

    Does the owl on the right have a rodent in its mouth or am i completely baked?

    When i zoom out of the pic, the rodent blends in, kind of.

    Anyway, great pic & thanks for the interesting links.

    • anon6789OP
      3•9 months ago

      It does look to be they are sharing a tasty meal together.

      My favorite was the article about the fossilized predator/prey scene. I had heard before some of these fossils showing movement is how the found out T-Rex could swim.

      • kamenLady.
        2•9 months ago

        Yeah, the way technology advanced in the last decades is a boost for research.

        If humanity wouldn’t be so busy fighting and destroying each other, we could have the means in our hands. The means to truly advance and evolve into a better species.

        Sorry, back to the topic at hand, i just read about a new footprint discovery, the oldest, from a terror bird.

        The infographic included in the article depicted some terror birds outlined and some if then could be mini T-Rexes. Iirc also on phys.org

        Edit: this one

        https://phys.org/news/2023-10-well-preserved-terror-bird-footprints-argentina.html

        • anon6789OP
          3•9 months ago

          Thanks for the article! There have been some truly terrifying birds through history.

          We keep finding new species currently alive that we didn’t know about, and with millions of years of history hidden underground, I’m sure we’ll never stop finding things!