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Experiment! How Does An Owl Fly So Silently? | Super Powered Owls | BBC

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What it is

A BBC Earth clip from Super Powered Owls in which the team uses sensitive sound equipment to compare owl flight with other birds. It shows why owls fly almost silently.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Linked in owl-feather and quiet-flight threads as a clear audio comparison.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “To really appreciate how silent Owls are as compared to other birds, see this excellent video from BBC”

    Compares owl flight silence with other birds

    seshagiric, 2020-05 · Recommendation · in “The silence of the owls”

  2. “I also love the longer clip with the bed of feathers”

    Visual of air disturbed during owl flight

    Amorymeltzer, 2026-06 · Recommendation · in “The Genius of the Barn Owl's Feathers”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: owls, bird flight, acoustics, biomimicry, bbc earth

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