What an Owl Knows Quotes

“An owl’s auditory system shares with other birds another superpower we mammals don’t possess: it doesn’t age.”
― Jennifer Ackerman, What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds

“We think of owls as short legged because they tuck in their legs at rest and in flight. But most have long, well-muscled legs, up to half the length of their bodies, with strong bones, especially in their feet.”
― Jennifer Ackerman, What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds

“It’s a telling example of how basic owl science has boosted human medicine—and how an owl’s eyes and ears work together.”
― Jennifer Ackerman, What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds

“José Luis Peña, a neuroscientist at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and his collaborators have discovered that the sound localization system in a barn owl’s brain performs sophisticated mathematical computations to execute this pinpointing of prey.”
― Jennifer Ackerman, What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds

“The first year we caught zero owns and I remember out master bander Bob Riley saying, well Julie, no data is still data and I'm like, well Bob, that's not the data I want.”
― Jennifer Ackerman, What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds