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Post by samwiseg on Dec 13, 2016 8:47:49 GMT
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Post by OP on Dec 13, 2016 9:09:50 GMT
Wow, I didn't knw just where the lug hole was. The one marked as earhole looks suspiciously like an eye. The one marked as ear, well I can't see anything, even with the magnifying glass.  |
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Post by jellybean on Dec 13, 2016 9:17:44 GMT
Well, thanks for sharing samwiseg, because I didn't know what a budgies ear looked like either 🤔 |
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Post by ffiscool on Dec 13, 2016 9:30:55 GMT
thats amazing.. thank you for sharing
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Dec 13, 2016 9:33:24 GMT
I've seen them, but thank you samwiseg  ..and Barney for modelling his ear! |
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Post by bud9 on Dec 13, 2016 16:29:35 GMT
Great picture and thank you as i have never seen a bud's ear hole.
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Post by samwiseg on Dec 13, 2016 17:01:43 GMT
I just find this sort of thing fascinating! I dont know if it is the same in all birds but I know Barn Owls have ears where are one is lower than the other?! Wierd but wonderful eh? |
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Post by Hezz on Dec 13, 2016 20:11:25 GMT
Their ears a fairly easy to see when the bird is wet ..... you also need to know where the ear is when you give a head scratch. Spyro gives a little jump if I get his! I can scratch the rest of his head quite vigorously, but go gently around his ear(s).
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Post by milliej on Dec 15, 2016 21:48:56 GMT
Well I never! I knew they had ears of course, and their hearing is excellent but to see one like that, amazing, thanks Sam. |
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Post by samwiseg on Dec 16, 2016 8:18:47 GMT
Pretty cool huh? |
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Post by stevex on Dec 16, 2016 9:09:15 GMT
Great picture. Whenever my two are having a squabble, I sometimes say to them that I'll give them a clip round the ear.....when I can find them! Seriously though, you can get a rough idea where they are when you look closely at how their feathers lie in that area. |
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Oct 8, 2016 15:21:31 GMT
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Post by weelouie on Dec 16, 2016 22:17:04 GMT
I saw the term "lug hole" and was instantly taken back to my childhood. My Scottish father used to threaten us kids "I'll belt ye 'round the lug'ole!!"
Usually you can see bird ears when the feathers are wet or when they're chicks that haven't fledged yet. They look exactly like the "lug'oles" on my crested geckos and other reptiles.
Here's an interesting fact about bird hearing. Some species of bird use their feet to hear. They are the ones that hunt food underground or in tree trunks. In North America the American Robin uses its feet along with its ears to detect the vibration of worms and grubs moving underground. Some woodpeckers use their feet to detect insects under tree bark. The Hairy Woodpecker also has hairlike feathers growing from the root of its beak. It uses those to detect prey vibrations as the bird pecks at the bark.
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Oct 8, 2016 15:21:31 GMT
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Post by weelouie on Dec 16, 2016 22:29:01 GMT
I just find this sort of thing fascinating! I dont know if it is the same in all birds but I know Barn Owls have ears where are one is lower than the other?! Wierd but wonderful eh? I recently watched a really good documentary about the "super powered" owl. They filmed a barn owl that was adopted as a young chick by a woman, who trained the owl to fly on command like a trained falcon. Here's a link to a YouTube excerpt that shows how they can fly silently and at an extremely slow speed compared to other birds. They fly so slowly to help them detect their prey. |
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