NARRATOR: AND NOW IT’S TIME FOR SOME MORE…
“AMAZING ANIMALS”!
NUMBER 5,673, THE AMAZING SPOTTED OWL! ONE OF THE LARGEST AND SPOTTIEST OWLS ON THE AMERICAN CONTINENT.
OWL: HEY, I’M NOT THAT SPOTTY!
NARRATOR: AH, EXCUSE ME SIR…
OWL: YEAH?
NARRATOR: A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME YOU’RE AN OWL…
OWL: WHOO?
NARRATOR: YEAH, EXACTLY, HA-HA!
OWL: UGH HUMANS!
NARRATOR: THESE OWLS CAN BE “SPOTTED”…
OWL: HEY!
NARRATOR: SORRY, I MEAN FOUND ON THE WEST COAST ALL THE WAY FROM CANADA TO MEXICO. THEY’RE PARTIAL TO OLD FORESTS. WITH TALL TREES TO POUNCE FROM AND LOTS OF LITTLE CRITTERS TO EAT.
MOUSE: WHAT?
OWLETS: DAD, GET TAKEOUT TONIGHT! DAD… DAD?
NARRATOR: THE FATHER DOES MOST OF THE HUNTING AT FIRST.
OWL: OOH, MY ORDER’S READY!
MOUSE: WAAAA!
NARRATOR: WITH 2 OR 3 OWLETS TO FEED, IT’S A FULL TIME JOB!
OWLETS: DAD, DAD!
OWL: OK PUT A MOUSE IN IT… HA, BLISS!
NARRATOR: A SPOTTED OWL CAN’T MOVE ITS EYEBALLS…
OWL: YEAH BUT “OWL” STILL SEE BETTER THAN YOU…
[LAUGHING]
NARRATOR: OH DEAR, IT CAN ALSO TURN ITS HEAD 180 DEGREES!
OWL: OW, IT’S STUCK!
NARRATOR: SOMETIMES. THEY’RE EXCELLENT HUNTERS AND THEIR EYESIGHT IS SO GOOD THEY CAN HUNT AT NIGHT.
OWL: I GUESS YOU COULD SAY I’M A BIT OF A “
NARRATOR: AND THEIR FEATHERS ARE SO LIGHT AND THIN, THEY DON’T MAKE ANY NOISE WHEN THEY FLAP THEM.
OWL: SSSHH CAN’T YOU SEE I’M WORKING HERE!
NARRATOR: OOH…
“HOOT” DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
OWL: “OWL” BE THE ONE DOING THE JOKES…
[LAUGHS]
NARRATOR: THIS HIGHLY SKILLED,SILENT HUNTER SURELY IS ONE AMAZING ANIMAL!
