The barn owl’s brilliant white underbelly is the key to its success as a nocturnal hunter, allowing the bird to camouflage itself against the moon, according to new research. CNN.

The barn owl’s brilliant white underbelly is the key to its success as a nocturnal hunter, allowing the bird to camouflage itself against the moon, according to new research.

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Barn owls range from white to dark reddish-brown. In the moonlight, white ones hunt more successfully. Likely, they resemble ghosts scaring their prey to immobility.

The white barn owl (Tyto alba) is a winged phantom. It is known for its distinct heart-shaped face, as well as its ghostly white plumage and eerie shriek.

With one-inch talons and a grip stronger than a human hand, the white-faced barn owl is as majestic as it is lethal to rodents. Davis, a farmer and entrepreneur, ...

Two of his barn owls are trained to deliver wedding rings, he said. “They fit the part for a wedding,” he said. “They’re graceful when they fly, they’re not too big and they’re white.” ...