We searched for the origins of this photo but were unable to find any details about where or when it was taken. It's been circulating online since at least 2014.
This funny looking photograph has been the basis for dozens of owl jokes over the years. Although the claim that this image showed an owl orgasming came from a Twitter account posing as an"owl expert," this claim was simply made in jest.
"The short answer is that we don't know much about orgasms in other species — in fact, scientists are still studying the significance/evolution of female orgasms in humans," Marlene Zuk, a professor of ecology, evolution and behavior at the University of Minnesota, told us. To protect their eyes, owls are equipped with 3 eyelids. They have a normal upper and lower eyelid, the upper closing when the owl blinks, and the lower closing up when the owl is asleep. The third eyelid is called a, and is a thin layer of tissue that closes diagonally across the eye, from the inside to the outside. This cleans and protects the surface of the eye.
Although Bloem said that she certainly did not know if owls had orgasms, she agreed that the owl pictured above was likely blinking its nictitating membrane when the photograph was taken:
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