Watch: ‘Sarr Ghum Gaya Dekh Kar,’ say netizens, when owl turned its head upside down

Did you know that owl has the ability to turn their heads totally upside down? While it appears that they are moving their necks 360 degrees, which is close but not exact, they can only rotate their necks 270 degrees without damaging blood vessels or shredding tendons.

Owls must turn their heads to achieve the same effect as people and animals who can simply move their eyes to follow an object or utilise peripheral vision to scan a room. Because these birds’ eye sockets are fixed, their eyeballs are unable to spin, forcing them to stretch their necks. People spinning their heads like owls would cause internal haemorrhage and breaking, therefore this appears to be a supernatural achievement.

An owl can be seen rotating its neck as far as it can and peering at the camera upside down with its yellow eyes wide open in an exorcist-style demonstration of flexibility. The video was published a day ago on Twitter by the account ‘Amazing Nature,’ and it has already had over 228k views.

The owl in the video is a ‘snowy owl,’ which is the same species as Harry Potter’s pet owl Hedwig. Snowy owls have varied degrees of black or brown patterns on their bodies. They are found in the far north, near the North Pole.

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Cute. 💚❤💙 pic.twitter.com/MJvrMkchgi

— Amazing Nature (@AmazingNature00) April 6, 2022

Owls have frequently appeared in horror films because to their bulbous eyes and haunting calls. Netizens who commented on the video stated the owl startled them, but they were also awestruck by it. ‘Mera to sarr hi ghum gaya,’ added Desi netizens to the conversation. Here are a few of the responses to the post: