Captive owls recognize familiar caregivers' voices and their relationship quality
Sauers_ · x · 2026-10-17
A study presented playbacks of familiar and unfamiliar human voices to 21 captive owls across seven species. Owls responded more to familiar caregivers, responded faster to those handling their husbandry or rated relationships more positively, and showed less fear toward their trainers — suggesting owls encode aspects of their relationship along with the caregiver's voice.
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