I f you look quickly, you might mistake this swimming owl for a seabird. In fact, owls are not natural in water and rarely swim, which makes this footage by owlsanity even more fa ...

“Usually in these instances we assume injury of sorts that is preventing the owl from flying — occasionally becoming wet causes them to become grounded too — so you can imagine our surprise ...

An owl’s feathers are not waterproof, so being in the water hinders them. It also leaves them vulnerable to attacks since they cannot fly until their wings dry. When wet, their wings weigh them ...