Barn Owl's Audiory System

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Pena and DeBello (2011) stipulated that the observation conducted within the 1960s regarding the barn owl’s auditory system associated the brain with mapping out the auditory space for accuracy during hunting. Pena and DeBello (2011) statement is supported by sufficient evidences. The Barn Owl Trust (2015) stated that brain processes the vibrations which are emitted to identity the prey species exact location. Sources which disagree with Pena and DeBello (2011) statement could not be located however Mehta (2012) claimed that the visual and auditory system work along one another to produce a map once processed by the brain. Pena and DeBello (2011) statement must be accurate as sufficient evidence was provided by other sources including The Barn

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