Piece of the Week | Owl Pipes

This week we take a step back toward nature inspired pipes, more specifically owls and owl pipes.

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Owl Pipes

Maybe it’s just me, but there’s something that is just so cool about an owl, even better if it’s one you can smoke out of! A few of these pipes were found on Etsy.com, in storefronts from: 2 Paddles Glassworks, Bo Glass, Elevator Glassworks, Xylie Glass, EugeneGlassRoots.

Owls

These predetory birds are amazing to watch, with huge eyes on a head that seems to spin all the way around. They are born hunters. Wikipedia has some interesting commentary on owl head anatomy:

Owls have large forward-facing eyes and ear-holes; a hawk-like beak; a flat face; and usually a conspicuous circle of feathers, a facial disc, around each eye. The feathers making up this disc can be adjusted in order to sharply focus sounds that come from varying distances onto the owls’ asymmetrically placed ear cavities. Most birds of prey sport eyes on the sides of their heads, but the stereoscopic nature of the owl’s forward-facing eyes permits the greater sense of depth perception necessary for low-light hunting. Although owls have binocular vision, their large eyes are fixed in their sockets—as are those of other birds—so they must turn their entire head to change views. As owls are farsighted, they are unable to see clearly anything within a few centimeters of their eyes. Caught prey can be felt by owls with the use of filoplumes—like feathers on the beak and feet that act as “feelers”. Their far vision, particularly in low light, is exceptionally good.

That’s pretty bad-ass for a nocturnal hunter!

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