Owl-natomy: Glottis, aka the tongue hole
I was just thinking I didn’t have any neat owl facts lately, and saw this cross-posted on the Tailwinds site. The hole is the “glottis” and it keeps things from getting in their windpipe....
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I was just thinking I didn’t have any neat owl facts lately, and saw this cross-posted on the Tailwinds site. The hole is the “glottis” and it keeps things from getting in their windpipe....