Fang Ye quoted scriptures and said: "for a long time, owls have been regarded as unlucky symbols among the people. A bird that people fear and hate is called" night owl ". The related proverbs are biased and derogatory.


    "When night owls come into the house, good things don''t come"; "Wu Dalang plays night owls, who plays birds"; "if you''re not afraid of night owls, you''re afraid of night owls laughing.".


    There is a legend about owl laughter, that is, when a chronically ill person hears the owl laughing in front of the window, in fact, he is counting his eyebrows. When he counts his eyebrows clearly, the patient will die.


    There is such a passage in Xiaoao Jianghu that Linghu Chong was seriously injured. When Lu Dayou was taking care of him at night, he suddenly heard an owl crying outside. He was frightened. He immediately dipped his finger in some spittle and put it on Linghu Chong''s eyebrows, so that the owl can''t count.


    Lu Xun also said, "sometimes I never want to win in the field of speech, because sometimes my speech is a roar of owls and reports great bad luck."


    "Lu Xun: I really said that!"


    "I used to think that night owls refer to cats that spring at night. It turned out that they specifically refer to owls."


    "I''ve heard my grandmother tell the legend of owl laughter!"


    “66666！”


    Fang Ye continued: "the owl is so annoying and regarded as an unlucky symbol. One reason is that it is really mysterious. It always haunts the wilderness when the moon is dark and the wind is high. It makes a sad cry and eats some rotten meat of mice. People naturally associate it with negative images such as disease and death.


    Moreover, owls also have a habit. After eating food, they will spit out indigestible bones and fur for a period of time. The spitting things are a ball, which is called food ball. Many predatory birds actually spit out food balls.


    The ancients couldn''t understand this strange behavior, so their brain holes opened and thought that the owl ate its mother.


    Think it is a kind of unfilial, vicious and cruel bird!


    Especially in the Han Dynasty, which respected filial piety, owls were considered unfilial birds. You can know how miserable they were.


    The explanation of the owl in Shuowen Jiezi is: "unfilial birds also. When the sun comes, catch owls. From the bird''s head on the wood. "


    It means that such an unfilial bird should be caught during the day, cut off its head, and hang its head on a tree to warn its peers.


    "Han Gong Yi" even records that "at the summer solstice, all officials and owls are given soup, and they want to be unique."


    He said that the emperor would give the minister soup made by owls and encourage people all over the world to catch and eat.


    Here we remind you that all wild animals carry all kinds of pathogenic bacteria and parasites. Remember not to eat game! "


    Netizens are stupid!


    "Shit, so the owl looks miserable!"


    "It''s more unjust than Dou E. For no reason, he carried a big pot of unfilial birds and was killed by all kinds of people."


    "Fortunately, there is no such superstition now."


    "Poor owl!"


    "Well, the cruelest is actually people."


    "Well... I suspect that the ancients wanted to eat it without psychological burden, so they put such a curse on it!"


    Fang Ye added: "owls are misunderstood and infamous, but they are actually real mouse catchers. According to statistics, an owl can eat an average of 1000 mice a year.


    The monkey faced Eagle looks like a ghost. It is even more fierce to catch mice. It can eat 2000 mice in a summer alone.


    The long eared owl with particularly obvious ear feather clusters. Some ornithologists have analyzed its food clusters and found that 97% of its food is rats.


    During the breeding season, long eared owls catch a large number of mice and store them before their young hatch. Some people say that long eared owls are rat addicts because they kill rats when they see them, although sometimes they don''t eat them after killing rats.


    Compared with the owl, the cat''s rat catching ability can be said to be out of reach!


    However, with the deforestation of forests, the reduction of habitat, and the capture and killing of owls, their number is now very small.


    After talking so much, I just hope to eliminate some prejudices and misunderstandings about owls. Owls are actually very lovely birds. If we don''t protect them well, we may only see them in movies and novels in the future. "


    Netizens really didn''t know much about owls before!


    Either I have seen some videos of owls and think they are simple and lovely, or I have heard the strange cry of owls at night, or I have heard some ominous legends about them, so I have no good impression.


    After listening to Fang Ye''s explanation, they all renewed their understanding and gave birth to some respect for owls.


    "I don''t feel so tired of owls!"


    "If you can catch mice, you should protect them!"


    "Go to special love" rewarded 5 shrimp balls!


    "Qianxue Ming Dynasty" rewarded a rice ball!


    Fang Ye pondered for a moment: "I saw someone say owl cafe, which is also popular in Japan, so sometimes it''s hard to say how Japan treats animals.


    Owl Cafe may be interesting for people, but it''s not a good place for owls.


    Basically, owls are nocturnal animals, and the night is a comfortable scene for them. However, if owl Cafe wants guests to visit, it is impossible to pull up the curtain and turn off the lights. Look at it in the dark? Bright and dazzling lights, music, noisy human conversation, and even touching are strong stimuli for owls.


    Many times when you watch it being touched, you tighten your body and close your eyes. It looks like Mengmeng enjoys it. In fact, it is a manifestation of fear of stress.


    Also, why do owls stand where they are and let people touch them? Because their feet are shackled and tied to them, they can''t move. Even when you don''t pick up guests, you''re tied.


    It''s no different from standing and waiting for death.


    It is not only mental injury, but also muscle atrophy and other problems. Different types of owls are intensively mixed together. This environment is easy to be infected with diseases. Some kittens may still be in the diet of big owls and stay with natural enemies every day. Is it a little chilly to replace them?


    Of course, you can''t live well in this environment. It is said that in a cafe with only 30 owls, 7 die a year. Some stand and fall straight from the wooden pole


    The source of these owls is also a problem. The breeding conditions of owls are very harsh. They need a large range of territory in the wild to have the opportunity to breed. The cost of artificial breeding is very high. The popularity of this kind of owl Cafe actually gave birth to the market of poaching owls and exacerbated illegal poaching and trade.


    Owl Cafe will not publicize the knowledge of protection education. Guests who have visited and smoked will only feel that owls are cute and want to buy one to keep by themselves, rather than protect owls and donate money to relevant institutions. This has been studied and investigated.


    After the release of the films including Harry Potter in 2001, the number of pet owls in Indonesia has increased sharply, from 100 to 13000 a year, a full 130 times.


    Owls are really cute, but they are raptors. They need vast territory, have sharp claws, cry horribly in the middle of the night, consume a lot of meat, and don''t like others to touch. They need professional knowledge to take care of them. They are not suitable for private breeding.


    Many people just want to buy fresh and fun. They may die after raising them, or after raising them for a period of time to understand these shortcomings, they hate them and don''t want to raise them, and the sick owl is discarded at will.


    Therefore, I would like to remind you that owls are second-class protected animals in China. It is illegal to raise them individually. Even in foreign countries, we are not recommended to raise them.


    Owl is a creature with unique charm. Although it is cute, I hope you can like it in a suitable way. "