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Hattix t1_iyc44hf wrote

Reply to comment by ldhiddesorr in Owl left its imprint after crashing on a window at Newark Airport. by Jeronimoooooo

Look at the shape of the imprint. The bird (probably a pigeon) had seen the window and was slowing down to avoid it. The impact energy isn't concentrated on the head and there's a a much more dense dander trace of the body. This means the muscular body took most of the force, not the head.

I'd say that bird flew away.

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oakteaphone t1_iydw5gr wrote

>The impact energy isn't concentrated on the head

Because it hit it beak first, then the rest of the body hit the window.

It didn't hit the window while pointing upwards. That's why you don't see the head as much relative to the rest of the body.

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