Name: 兒童 ASL 貓頭鷹 (ASL Owls for Kids)
Uploaded: 2025-05-05T14:43:41.000Z
Duration: 8 min 16 s

Today, we're going to learn all about owls.

今天，我們來了解一下貓頭鷹。

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如果您想和我們一起閱讀，請訪問 learnbright.org 查找本教案。

Owls live around the world in almost every type of habitat.

貓頭鷹生活在世界各地幾乎所有類型的棲息地。

Barn owls, titonidae, with a heart-shaped facial disc, and all other owls, strigidae.

蝙蝠鴞（titonidae）有一個心形的面部圓盤，所有其他貓頭鷹（strigidae）都有一個心形的面部圓盤。

They have brown, gray, or white feathers with streaks or spots.

它們的羽毛有棕色、灰色或白色，帶有條紋或斑點。

They have large heads, flat faces, big eyes, hooked beaks, and sharp talons.

它們有大腦袋、扁平臉、大眼睛、鉤形喙和鋒利的爪子。

In addition, owls have short tails, long wings, and impeccable hearing and eyesight.

此外，貓頭鷹尾巴短、翅膀長，聽力和視力都無可挑剔。

All owls have an upright posture with their eyes facing forward, just like humans.

所有貓頭鷹的姿勢都是直立的，眼睛朝前，就像人類一樣。

They cannot move their eyes very much because they are fixed on their head.

它們的眼睛不能隨意移動，因為眼睛是固定在頭上的。

To obtain depth perception, they have to move their entire head.

為了獲得深度知覺，他們必須移動整個頭部。

Their heads turn in a circular motion to get a complete picture of the object.

他們的頭部做圓周運動，以獲得物體的完整影像。

Owls can rotate their necks 270 degrees to look directly backward.

貓頭鷹可以將脖子旋轉 270 度，直接向後看。

And the eyes of an owl are not actual eyeballs.

貓頭鷹的眼睛並不是真正的眼球。

Their tube-shaped eyes help them see their prey from great distances and focus on it.

它們管狀的眼睛能幫助它們從很遠的地方看到獵物，並將注意力集中在獵物身上。

近距離觀察，貓頭鷹的視力並不好。

But unlike other birds of prey, owls are nocturnal, which means they are active at night.

但與其他猛禽不同的是，貓頭鷹是夜行鳥類，這意味著它們在夜間活動。

This means they have two forward-facing toes and two backward-facing toes on their feet.

這意味著他們的腳上有兩個朝前的腳趾和兩個朝後的腳趾。

But what is remarkable is that they can pivot or turn one of their back toes forward to help them grip and walk.

但難能可貴的是，他們可以轉動或向前翻轉他們的一個後腳趾，以幫助他們抓地和行走。

Most owls eat small animals like mice, rabbits, and voles.

大多數貓頭鷹以老鼠、兔子和田鼠等小動物為食。

But some owl species will also dine on insects and birds.

但有些貓頭鷹種類也以昆蟲和鳥類為食。

Their diet ultimately depends on the species because the environment in which they live will determine what they eat.

它們的飲食最終取決於物種，因為它們生活的環境決定了它們吃什麼。

But their diet has to do with the climate of the habitat and its geographic location.

但它們的飲食與棲息地的氣候和地理位置有關。

大多數貓頭鷹會將獵物整個吞下。

Like other birds, they have two chambers, or enclosed cavities, in their stomach.

和其他鳥類一樣，它們的胃裡也有兩個腔，或者說是封閉的空腔。

The first chamber is where all the digestible parts become liquid.

第一室是所有可消化部分變成液體的地方。

The second chamber is the gizzard, which grinds down the hard structures and squeezes everything that can be digested into the intestines.

第二個腔室是胗，它可以磨碎堅硬的結構，並將所有可以消化的東西擠入腸道。

Finally, the parts they cannot digest are compacted into a pellet, and the owl spits it out.

最後，它們無法消化的部分會被壓縮成一個顆粒，貓頭鷹會把它吐出來。

These include parts like bones, teeth, fur, and feathers.

其中包括骨骼、牙齒、皮毛和羽毛等部分。

Owls will often spit out one pellet per day.

貓頭鷹通常每天會吐出一個顆粒。

Other Interesting Facts You may have heard the saying, as wise as an owl, and that is because owls are associated with learning.

其他有趣的事實 您可能聽說過 "像貓頭鷹一樣聰明 "這句話，這是因為貓頭鷹與學習有關。

For this reason, many libraries and bookstores will have pictures of owls or use them as a logo.

是以，許多圖書館和書店都會有貓頭鷹的圖片，或將其作為標誌。

This might be because they can see the dark, which means they can see things others can't.

這可能是因為他們能看到黑暗，這意味著他們能看到別人看不到的東西。

One way owls communicate is through calls and hoots.

貓頭鷹的一種交流方式是鳴叫。

但並不是所有的貓頭鷹都會叫。

Barn owls make hissing sounds, eastern screech owls whinny like a horse, and saw-wet owls sound like a sharpening saw.

穀倉鴞會發出嘶嘶的聲音，東方刺蝟貓頭鷹會發出像馬一樣的嗚嗚聲，而鋸濕貓頭鷹則會發出像磨利鋸子的聲音。

Owls make various sounds, including snapping their bills, clapping their wings in flight, and singing.

貓頭鷹會發出各種聲音，包括 "啪 "的一聲喙響、飛行時拍打翅膀和唱歌。

Owls can make facial expressions because they have many tiny facial muscles.

貓頭鷹能做出面部表情，是因為它們有許多微小的面部肌肉。

And just like you, they use their facial expressions to communicate with other owls.

和你一樣，它們也用面部表情與其他貓頭鷹交流。

Did you know that owls have asymmetrical ears?

你知道貓頭鷹的耳朵不對稱嗎？

Not only are their allows them to pinpoint the location of sounds in multiple dimensions, giving them a significant advantage over their prey.

不僅如此，它們還能在多個維度上精確定位聲音的位置，這使它們比獵物更具優勢。

Some owl species have ear tufts on their heads.

While they aren't ears, they keep the owl camouflaged by mimicking branches and leaves.

雖然它們不是貓頭鷹的耳朵，但它們可以模仿樹枝和樹葉來偽裝貓頭鷹。

They also show the owl's mood so others know whether it feels calm or aggressive.

它們還能顯示貓頭鷹的情緒，讓別人知道它是感到平靜還是具有攻擊性。

Why are they important to the environment?

Owls play a huge role in balancing the food web in many forests worldwide.

貓頭鷹在平衡全球許多森林的食物網方面發揮著巨大作用。

Barn owls eat up to 11,000 rodents in 10 years, which helps farmers because those rodents would gobble up many of their crops.

穀倉貓頭鷹在 10 年內最多能吃掉 1.1 萬隻齧齒動物，這對農民很有幫助，因為這些齧齒動物會吞掉他們的許多莊稼。

And owls bring tourists to different areas.

貓頭鷹為不同地區帶來了遊客。

Bird watchers want to spot these elusive and mysterious predators, so they spend money to come to places where owls may be found.

觀鳥者希望發現這些難以捉摸的神祕捕食者，是以他們花錢來到可能發現貓頭鷹的地方。

While they are not endangered, owls do face dangers.

雖然貓頭鷹沒有瀕臨滅絕，但它們也面臨著危險。

For example, they are often displaced by habitat loss.

例如，它們常常因為棲息地的喪失而流離失所。

In addition, chemicals like pesticides can make owls very sick.

此外，殺蟲劑等化學物質也會讓貓頭鷹病入膏肓。

And with so many cars and trucks on the road at night, owls have been known to run into vehicles.

由於晚上路上有很多汽車和卡車，貓頭鷹經常會撞上車輛。

Each of these reasons has impacted owls differently and sent several species into decline.

這些原因都對貓頭鷹產生了不同的影響，並導致多個物種衰退。

We have learned some interesting facts about owls.

我們學到了一些關於貓頭鷹的有趣知識。

Why does the author say that owls all look the same?

作者為什麼說貓頭鷹長得都一樣？

Owls have the same colors, face type, tail, wings, and upright posture.

貓頭鷹有相同的顏色、臉型、尾巴、翅膀和直立姿勢。

Most owls chew up their prey before they eat it.

大多數貓頭鷹在吃獵物之前都會先把獵物嚼碎。

Choose the word the author would say best describes the owl.

選擇作者認為最能描述貓頭鷹的詞語。

如果你說 A，夜行動物，那你說對了！

Remember, if you liked this lesson, you can find it and other awesome lessons on our website, learnbright.org.

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希望你能和我們一起愉快地學習。

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請訪問我們的網站 learnbright.org，獲取成千上萬的免費資源以及為教師和家庭教育者提供的全套解決方案。