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Hace poco, unos búhos se volvieron virales sin esfuerzo alguno. Todo lo que hicieron fue... echarse una siesta. Sí, y lo hicieron boca abajo. Tenían un aspecto increíblemente adorable y a la vez parecía que acabaran de volver borrachísimos a casa de madrugada. Y ciertamente, el 99% de la gente no lo sabría si no fuera por internet... Vale, quizá su popularidad es totalmente razonable.

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El periodista Mark Rees es el responsable de la que probablemente sea la campaña de relaciones públicas más exitosa de estos búhos durmientes. Una foto que tuiteó recibió más de 119000 likes, catapultándolos al estrellato en todo tipo de plataformas como Twitter, Facebook, Imgur y por supuesto, Reddit. Echa una ojeada y no te pierdas a estas aves irresistibles, seguro que te encantan.

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Para ser sinceros, no hemos podido confirmar o desmentir la explicación de que duermen así porque les pesa la cabeza demasiado, pero es cierto que lo hacen. La Sociedad Nacional Audubon, una ONG medioambiental dedicada a la conservación, publicó una conmovedora historia sobre dos polluelos de cárabo norteamericanos que se habían caído del nido. Cuando fueron devueltos al árbol, sus rescatadores observaron su recuperación.

"Manteniendo los talones bien agarrados a una rama, los polluelos se tumbaron sobre sus estómagos, giraron la cabeza a un lado y se quedaron dormidos. Se echan siestas cortas y no les gusta que los despierten, ni siquiera para comer," decía el artículo.

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Lo interesante es que no se caen del árbol mientras duermen, porque se agarran a la rama con su hallux, su garra trasera. "El hallux no se abre o suelta hasta que el ave doble la pata".

Por desgracia, antes de saber volar, la mayoría de estos búhos quieren explorar su entorno y acaban en el suelo, a veces delante de nuestras narices.

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Los pollos de búho duermen como los bebés humanos, unas pocas horas cada vez, sobre todo durante el día. También muestran altos niveles de actividad REM mientras duermen.
Según crecen, parecen soñar menos...

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No he encontrado la fuente original de esta foto, pero sugiere que a veces los búhos duermen tumbados boca abajo.
Aunque no he encontrado otros artículos científicos sobre adolescentes siendo los durmientes más inestables...
¿Algún estudioso de los pájaros quiere confirmar o desmentir?

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Los hábitos de los búhos adolescentes se salen de mi terreno, pero he encontrado cuentas que lo confirman (menos divertidas).
Kathy C de Dusty Lane encontró a este amigo echando la siesta boca abajo.

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He intentado encontrar al fotógrafo original de esta imagen, sin éxito. Es obviamente un ave cautiva. A pesar de eso, sí, los búhos aún en el nido, duermen o descansan tumbados. Sus cabezas pesan demasiado para su cuerpo. Aquí tenéis algunos aperitivos de la investigación de mi doctorado :)

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