HOW CAN AN OWL SEE AT NIGHT?

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11. HOW CAN AN OWL SEE AT NIGHT?

For thousands of years, the owl has been a creature to which people have attached special significance. Primitive people have many superstitions about the owl, chiefly because of the peculiar cries it makes.

In many parts of Europe when an owl is heard to hoot, it is considered a sign of death. In ancient Greece, the owl was a symbol of wisdom.

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