Hmmm....no doubt bigger owls do have formidable talons (even a humble Tawny Owl
resulted in the great Eric Hosking losing an eye after a post-strike infection)
and there are anecdotal records of attacks on the www. However, even the www,
source of many a myth presented as the truth, casts more than some doubt about
this. First, the story seems to be about a single human fatality, and second
there is a likelihood that the individual may have had a heart attack from
surprise rather than the owl actually killing the person directly. Sources
note that the individual was raiding the owl's nest, so probably deserved
everything they got.
Cheers
Tom Wilson
> Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 18:24:44 +1100
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] A Swooping Barred Owl pinching pedestrian's hats
> in Oregon
>
> In territories of the Great Horned Owl (Nth America) it is a bad idea to
> wear a hat made of fur, particularly the kind with the whole animal plus
> tail, a la Davey Crockett...
> The Great Horned Owl has been known to kill people in these hats. Human
> temples are no defence against those claws.
>
> Same probably goes for the Eagle Owl in Eurasia.
>
> Anthea Fleming
>
>
> On 7/02/2015 5:25 PM, Laurie Knight wrote:
> > You’ve got to say that owls have the right sort of feet for this sort of
> > lark ...
> >
> > see
> > http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/06/owl-attacks-joggers-and-steals-their-hats
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