Assertion: osprey's toe | /r/HasProperty | reversible
Facets:
value: on owls
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The Osprey and Owls are the only raptors whose outer toe is reversible, allowing them to grasp their prey with two toes in front and two behind.
text: They have reversible outer toes, sharp spicules on the underside of the toes, closable nostrils to keep out water during dives, and backwards-facing scales on the talons which act as barbs to help hold its catch.
text: The osprey and owls are the only raptors whose outer toe is reversible, allowing them to grasp their prey with two toes in front and two behind.
text: The eastern and western osprey (Pandion) and owls (Strigiformes) are the only hunters whose outer toe is reversible, allowing them to grasp their prey with two toes in front and two behind.
text: The outer toe is reversible, allowing the osprey to hold its fish aerodynamically when it flies.
text: The Osprey is the only raptor whose outer toe is reversible, allowing it to grasp its prey with two toes in front and two behind.
text: The osprey’s outer toe is reversible, allowing it to better hold a fish with two claws behind.
text: The birds’ outer toes are reversible, too, giving extra manoeuvrability when catching and holding onto fish.
text: Osprey differ from other birds of prey like eagles and falcons that are active during the day: their second outer toe is reversible.
text: On owls, however, the outer toe is reversible: It usually swivels to the back when the owl is perched or grasping prey, giving it a zygodactyl arrangement with two toes forward and two back, but sometimes it perches with three toes forward.
text: Interesting fact: The Ospreys outer toe is reversible so they can easily carry fish with two toes in the front and two toes behind.
text: In addition, osprey, like owls, have a reversible outer toe, enabling them to grasp their prey with two toes in back and two toes in front.
text: In preparation for its way back to its feeding perch, the Osprey uses its reversible outer toe to grip and reorient the fish in its claws so that its head is pointed forward -
text: Unlike most birds, the osprey has a reversible outer toe, which allows the bird to carry prey with two toes facing forward and two facing backward.
text: Ospreys have a reversible outer toe.
text: The owl and the osprey are the only two raptor birds that have a reversible outer toe.
text: And then there’s the osprey, which also has this reversible outer toe.
text: These claws, as well as its reversible outer toe, give the osprey the ability to grip its prey.
text: One of these adaptations is their reversible outer toe that can move at will to place a fish in a more aerodynamic position.