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Hunting in Plain Sight
Barn Owls are a globally distributed species, with some individuals exhibiting a reddish-brown color, while other members are white. For a nocturnal hunter, you might predict that being all white would make it difficult to sneak up on prey, especially on nights when the moon is full. That's the hypothesis put forth by researchers Luis M. San-Jose and Alexandre Roulin. Surprisingly what other researchers found was the opposite!