Eye Trauma from Collision (Warning: Injury images!)

Only sharing this for informational purposes because they seem to expect a positive outcome for the owl. I generally avoid anything too serious, as we mainly come here for fun, but I think this is educational.

Due to owl eyes being so huge (each individual eye is often larger than the brain and you can sometimes see the eye through the ear canal) they are often injured during collisions with cars or buildings. I've heard this a million times finding things to share with you guys, but I've never seen it before finding this.

I wouldn't call it gory, but it's definitely not pleasant to see, but after hearing about it so much, it's helpful to me to have a visual. But don't click the spoiler tag if you mind blood.

From Nature's Edge

Took in a found great-horned owl this weekend. It was obvious it had been hit by a car. Both eyes full of blood, beak cracked, one wing badly bruised. Head trauma is concerning. Will take time to see how much damage is done to eyes, but hopeful at this point for a full recovery.

Now to withstand the skunk smell for a few weeks! These guys always come in smelling like their favorite food this time of year.