/oss/taxonomy/term/2906/all en /oss/article/did-you-know/owls-dont-have-eyeballs <p>You know how we (humans) have eyeballs? Well, owls don’t. <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/birds-eye-view-wbt/">They have eye tubes or cylinders</a>, rod-shaped eyes that do not move in their sockets as eyeballs do. Instead, owls have to move their bodies or heads in order to look around. Since moving their torsos would likely make noise that would alert their prey to their presence, owls have evolved to have necks that can spin up to 270° essentially silently.</p> Thu, 11 Jan 2018 18:39:58 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 6879 at /oss