<story><title>The silence of the owls</title><url>https://www.knowablemagazine.org/article/technology/2020/how-owls-fly-without-making-a-sound?MvBriefArticleId=702</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gnulinux</author><text>Why would an owl attack a huge mammal like a human? Are you a particularly short person? Do owls attack other large mammals like deers, horses, bears etc? That&amp;#x27;s very scary.</text></item><item><author>symmitchry</author><text>I was attacked by a huge owl recently. It drew blood, and really hurt. I can confirm it was entirely silent, in contrast to being attacked by a crow, which makes an almost-avoidable swooshing sound.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pvaldes</author><text>To defend their nest, of course. They don&amp;#x27;t make prisoners  and aim for the face and eyes of anybody trying to steal eggs or owlets.&lt;p&gt;But most owls nest in big threes high above the soil, so the probability of an attack is really low. Probably there was a fallen owlet hidden close to you.</text></comment>
<story><title>The silence of the owls</title><url>https://www.knowablemagazine.org/article/technology/2020/how-owls-fly-without-making-a-sound?MvBriefArticleId=702</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gnulinux</author><text>Why would an owl attack a huge mammal like a human? Are you a particularly short person? Do owls attack other large mammals like deers, horses, bears etc? That&amp;#x27;s very scary.</text></item><item><author>symmitchry</author><text>I was attacked by a huge owl recently. It drew blood, and really hurt. I can confirm it was entirely silent, in contrast to being attacked by a crow, which makes an almost-avoidable swooshing sound.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dmoy</author><text>Sometimes your hair or hat can look like a tasty meal.  Sometimes it&amp;#x27;s territorial, if you&amp;#x27;re getting too close to a nest or whatever.  Usually it&amp;#x27;s one of those two.</text></comment>