THE VIDEO SHELF · owl silent flight
Experiment! How Does An Owl Fly So Silently? | Super Powered Owls | BBC
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 HN readers recommended it
Linked in owl-feather and quiet-flight threads as a clear audio comparison.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- BBC Earth
- Topic
- owl silent flight
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2026
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From the original HN conversations
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To really appreciate how silent Owls are as compared to other birds, see this excellent video from BBC: [VIDEO]
seshagiric on Hacker News · 2020-05
In The silence of the owlsI also love the longer clip with the bed of feathers: [VIDEO] It gives a good visual as to how much air is being moved/disturbed during the flight/glide of each.
Amorymeltzer on Hacker News · 2026-06
In The Genius of the Barn Owl's Feathers
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.