How do some birds manage to keep their heads perfectly still while you move their body?

Question

You know those videos of owls, hawks etc. where somebody’s holding their body and moving it around but their head stays in exactly the same place? How??

In: Biology

Answer 1

They swallowed a gimbal from dji.
No, they got muscles and super sensitive reflex and we can actually do this too.

What you mean: https://twitter.com/i/status/958099391386083328

Explanation:

Unlike humans, birds don’t have eyes that move in an eye socket, meaning that they’re fixed. So in order to shift their gaze, chickens, among other birds, have to move their entire head and if they choose to focus on an object, they have to keep their head still (even if their body may be in motion).

So instead of a vestibulo-ocular reflex, which targets the muscles around the eyes, chickens have a reflex that triggers the muscles of the neck. They don’t have compensating eye movement, they have compensating head movement.

Answer 2

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