I Have a Safari Park

Fang Ye quoted the scriptures and said: "For a long time, the owl was considered an unlucky symbol among the people, a fearful and abominable bird, called a 'night owl', and related sayings are Prejudiced and derogatory.

Some things like 'Night owls come into the house, good things don't come', 'Wu Dalang plays with night owls, whoever plays with birds', 'I'm not afraid of night owls barking, just afraid of night owls laughing'.

There is a legend about the owl's laughter, that is, when a long-sick person hears the owl laughing in front of the window, it is actually counting the eyebrows. When the eyebrows are counted clearly, the patient will die.

There is such a paragraph in "The Swordsman", it is said that Linghu Chong was seriously injured, and when Lu Dayou was taking care of him at night, he suddenly heard the owls cry outside. , so that the owls are hard to count.

Lu Xun also said, "I sometimes never want to win in the world of speech, because sometimes my speeches are screeching and report bad news. ’”

"I always thought night owls meant cats that spring at night, but it turned out to be owls specifically."

"I heard the legend of owl laughter from my grandmother!"

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Fang Ye continued: "The owl is so hated by people and regarded as an unlucky symbol, one is because it is really mysterious, it always haunts the wilderness when the moon is dark and the wind is high, making a shrill cry and eating some Things like rat carrion, people naturally associate it with negative images of disease, death, and so on.

Moreover, owls also have a habit. After they eat food, they will spit out indigestible bones and fur after a period of time. Many carnivorous birds of prey actually have this behavior.

The ancients couldn't understand this strange behavior, so their brains opened up, thinking that the owl was eating its own mother.

Consider it an unfilial, vicious, cruel bird!

Especially in the Han Dynasty, which respected filial piety, the owl was considered an unfilial bird, and you can know how miserable it is.

"Shuowen Jiezi" explains the owl as: 'It is also an unfilial bird. When the sun comes, catch the owl. From bird head on wood. ’

It means that such an unfilial bird will be caught and cut off when it is seen during the day, and its head will be hung on a tree to warn its fellows.

"Han Gongyi" even records, 'The summer solstice, giving a hundred officials a soup, wants to cut off its kind. ’

It was said that the emperor would give his ministers a soup made of owls, and he encouraged everyone in the world to catch it and eat it.

Here I remind everyone that all wild animals carry various pathogenic bacteria and parasites. Remember not to eat game! "

Netizens are dumbfounded!

"Damn it, it looks so miserable for owls!"

"It's more wrong than Dou E. For no reason, he carried the cauldron of an unfilial bird and was killed in various ways."

"Fortunately, there is no such superstition now."

"Poor owl!"

"Hey, the most cruel thing is actually people."

"Well... I suspect that the ancients just wanted to eat it without any psychological burden, so they gave it such a bad name!"

Fang Ye added: "Owls are misunderstood and infamous, but they are really small mouse catchers. According to statistics, an owl can eat an average of 1,000 mice a year.

The monkey-faced eagle, which looks like a ghost, is even more fierce in catching mice. It can eat 2,000 mice in one summer alone.

The long-eared owl, which has a particularly prominent ear feather cluster, has been analyzed by ornithologists and found that 97% of the long-eared owl's food is rodents.

During the breeding season, long-eared owls hunt and store mice in large numbers before their chicks hatch. Long-eared owls are said to be rodent-loving because they kill rats when they see them, although sometimes they don't eat them.

Compared with owls, the cat's ability to catch mice can be said to be unmatched!

However, with human deforestation, habitat loss, and hunting and killing of owls, their numbers are now very small.

Having said so much, I just hope to dispel some of your prejudice and misunderstandings about owls. Owls are actually very cute birds. If we don’t protect them, we may only see them in movies and novels in the future. figure. "

Netizens really didn't know much about owls before!

Either I have seen some videos of hooting owls and think they are simple and cute, or I have heard the strange call of an owl at night, or I have heard some ominous legends about it, so I don't like it.

After listening to Fang Ye's explanation, they all refreshed their understanding and developed some respect for owls.

"I don't feel like I hate owls so much anymore!"

"Just because you can catch mice, you should protect them!"

"Go to the special love" rewarded 5 shrimp balls!

"Qianxue Ming Dynasty" rewarded 1 rice ball!

Fang Ye pondered for a moment: "I saw someone talking about an owl cafe before, which is also popular in Japan, so sometimes the way Japan treats animals is really hard to describe.

Owl Cafe may be interesting to people, but not a great place for owls.

At the most basic level, owls are nocturnal animals, and nighttime is a comfortable scene for them, but the Owl Cafe wants guests to visit, it is impossible to close the curtains and turn off the lights, right? Bright, dazzling lights, music, boisterous human conversations, and even petting, are a powerful stimulus for owls.

Many times when you watch it being touched, you will tighten your body and close your eyes, looking cute and enjoying it, but this is actually a manifestation of fear of stress.

Also, why would the owl stand there obediently and be petted? Because their feet were shackled and tied to them, they couldn't move. Even when they are not picking up customers, they are chained.

All year round, you can only stand on the ground under your feet, which is no different from standing and waiting to die.

Not only mental damage, but also muscle atrophy and other problems. Different types of owls are closely mixed together, and this environment is prone to infection. Some small owls may still be in the recipes of large owls, staying with their natural enemies every day. Do you shudder when you substitute them?

Of course, it is impossible to live well in such an environment. It is said that in a cafe with only 30 owls, 7 owls die every year, and some stand upright and fall straight from the wooden pole...

The source of these owls is also a problem. The breeding conditions for owls are very harsh. They need to have a wide range of territory in the wild to have the opportunity to breed. The cost of artificial breeding is very high. The popularity of this kind of owl cafe has also spawned poaching. The market for owls fuels illegal poaching and trade.

The Owl Cafe does not promote the knowledge of conservation education. The guests who have visited and smoked will only think that the owl is cute and want to buy one for their own, instead of protecting the owl and donating to relevant institutions. This is a research survey. passed.

After films including "Harry Potter" were released in 2001, the number of Indonesian pet owls traded dramatically, from a hundred a year to 13,000 a year, a full 130-fold increase.

Owls are really cute, but they are birds of prey, they need a wide territory, they have sharp claws, they cry terribly in the middle of the night, they consume a lot of meat, and they don’t like being touched by others. They need professional knowledge to take care of them, and they are not suitable for private individuals. rearing.

Many people buy them just for the sake of freshness and fun. They may die after raising them, or after they have learned about these shortcomings for a period of time, they hate them and don’t want to raise them anymore. The sick owls are discarded at will.

Therefore, I remind everyone that owls are second-class protected animals in China, and it is illegal to raise them personally. Even in foreign countries, it is not recommended for everyone to raise them.

Owl is a creature with unique charm. Although it is cute, I hope everyone can like it in a suitable way. "