The Daily Mail (UK) reported Friday on four orphaned baby owls being cared for at a wildlife park.
A group of orphaned baby owls snuggle up to a cuddly toy which has become their surrogate mum after they were found on the brink of death in the wild.
The tiny tawny owl chicks burrow in under the fluffy toy's wings to keep warm after they were separated from their own mothers.
The chicks, all aged between just four and eight weeks, faced certain death as they fended for themselves alone in the wild but are now recovering in an animal hospital.
All four of the nocturnal creatures are now being cared for by experts at the New Forest Otter, Owl & Wildlife Park at Longdown in the New Forest, Hants.
After a tough start in life, they are being fed up to full strength in the park's hospital quarters, where they crave love from their surrogate mum.
The park's animal manager, John Crooks, said the little chicks may have got lost from their mums in the Hampshire countryside after wandering off before they could fly.
Or they may also have been forced out of the nest by their parents if they were the youngest of a large brood to hatch.
He said: "There's a lot of misinformation about tawny owls.
"They're perceived to be very wise animals because of their appearance but really they're not very bright at all.
That may be true, but these little guys are absolutely adorable.
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