Baby owlets having naps like human babies

We know that almost every bird including owls sleep sitting upright. But the baby owls sleep in a different way. They sleep on their belly, turning their heads aside. Because, their head is too heavy to hold upright for owlets. Therefore, until they grow old enough to hold their heads up when sleeping, they sleep this way like baby humans. But little owlets’ beds are tree branches. So, you may think don’t they fall off while sleeping. Actually no, thanks to their “Hallux”. Hallux means their back toe & it helps to keep the owlets ties to branch. It doesn’t move until they bend the leg.

Owlets sleep few times a day during daylight as few hours at a time like human babies. And owlets also have high level of REM (Rapid Eye Movement) activity and they dream less when they get old.

Journalist Mark Rees tweets about his own discovery of how owlets sleep with an adorable picture which now viral on twitter.

Scroll down to see more of the cute photos of them.

– Mark Rees (@reviewwales) June 21, 2020

 

お客様につぶれまんじゅうって呟かれていたボルトのあひる寝#原宿 #ふくろうの城 #フクロウカフェ pic.twitter.com/c3YBK0sNxq

— ふくろう (@fs_harajuku) October 18, 2015

 

本日、12:28に松永は永眠いたしました。生前、可愛がって頂いた皆様、応援していただいた皆様には多大なる感謝を申し上げます。そして、至らぬ飼い主であることを申し訳なく思います。
松永の冥福を祈って頂けたら幸いです。

おやすみ、松。ありがとね#フクロウ pic.twitter.com/p8H3qraNUr

— こてパパ (@6qx7OUMoWHSZ1Sd) June 16, 2020

 

#TuesdayThoughts: juvenile snow owls sometimes sleep face down. Older ones can sleep whilst perched, but the weight of their heads could make a young snow owl topple over if they slept this way. THEY ARE NOT DRUNK OWLS! pic.twitter.com/d7N3aByC7t

— Modem Times (@ModemTimes) May 30, 2019

 

#アフリカオオコノハズク 雛ちゃん
溶けていきます...😳

眠いとどこでもアヒル寝しちゃう子です！
わたわたのべた慣れちゃんは早い者勝ち✨#フクロウ #雛 #べた慣れ #かわいい#お迎え募集中 #最高のパートナー pic.twitter.com/y8LT2dGlr9

— 鳥のいるカフェ谷中本店 (@toricaferoppong) June 19, 2020