Ok, so in my past blog, ‘the best animal,’ made about 2 weeks ago, I promised Sihoo to make the topic of my next blog owls. And because Sihoo saw that blog after I posted my most recent blog (Horses rock), this blog is gonna be about owls. (I recently did research for owls because of a school project, so that was lucky.) Nevertheless, let's move on.
Let’s start with a little of history. If an Owl flew over Greek Soldiers before a battle, they took it as a sign of victory. The Little Owl also kept a watchful eye on Athenian trade and commerce from the reverse side of their coins. In early Rome a dead Owl nailed to the door of a house averted all evil that it supposedly had earlier caused. So in general, owls were considered mystical and grateful creatures promising victory, the companionship of the gods, and letting bad energy away.
Next we shall have a little of science. Owls have a variety of species, which on several occasions act in different ways, but here are some general, basic facts about owls. On average owls are about 35 to 50cms long and about 1 to 2kgs heavy. Owls are all over the world except for Antarctica, but mostly in North America. Owls live in different types of habitats such as forests, deserts, prairies, Arctic tundra and so on. They nest in trees, in holes in the ground, in barns, and in caves.
Last but not least, geography. In english speaking countries, owl are considered wise, but in India, owls are considered dumb and calling another persona an owl is the same with saying ‘you are foolish.’ Wow. That’s harsh. Owls also mean bad luck, danger, destruction, and death in India and another variety of countries. Korea and China take owls as a mythical creature that has the organs and fluids in healing the wounded and sick. Although there is no scientific evidence for this, and people never tried to heal people with owls, people still believed in this belief for centuries.
Still, owls are a undeniably terrific creatures
thks