Aug 11, 2011
Exhibiting the amazing stability of an owl’s head
(via Ever So Strange)
How can owls possibly do this, I wonder? Thankfully, the video description on YouTube has a helpful explanation…
Owls can exhibit a remarkable head stability during angular movement of the body about any axis passing through the skull. The vestibular apparatus in the owl is bigger than in man, and a prominent crista neglecta is present.
The tectorial membrane, the cupula, and the otolithic membranes of the utricle, saccule and lagena are all “attached” to surfaces in addition to the surfaces bearing hair cells; these attachments are very substantial in the utricular otolithic membrane and in the cupula.
Ahhh, now I see.
Update: There’s a remix! — “Rotate Your Owl for Science“
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That guy is concentrating so hard on his owl! Just look at his face.
that owl looked pissed!
Well, there goes my gyroscope theory.
what is he doing with his mouth? is he making sounds/giving it commands? i spent most of the video looking at his mouth.
Me too. Weird.
I have a friend who chews her tongue. That’s what it looks like he’s doing.
this video was made insanely better by the music i was listening to
You can’t write a comment like that without telling us what you were listening to… ;)