A smart Scottish owl has been taking baths to cool down her baby in the recent heatwave. The doting parent has dunked herself in a water bath and then walked back to her nest while soaking wet.
She then sits in the nest on top of her baby, with the water dripping off her and cooling down her newborn. The Scottish Owl Centre revealed the mum, which is native to the Arctic, does it every time there's hot weather at the complex in Bathgate, West Lothian.
The average temperature in the Arctic ranges from between -6 and -12 degrees celsius. And the bird of prey, which is also known as the polar owl, white owl or Arctic owl, took the step as the mercury at the centre was hitting the early 20s last week.
