Cool Facts. 1  Great Horned Owls are fierce predators that can take large prey, including raptors such as Ospreys, Peregrine Falcons, Prairie Falcons, and other owls. They also eat much smaller items such as rodents, frogs, and scorpions. 2  When clenched, a Great Horned Owlâs strong talons require a force of 28 pounds to open.
Venus of Willendorf. The Venus of Willendorf, now known in academia as the Woman of Willendorf, is a 11.1-centimetre (4.4 in) high statuette of a female figure estimated to have been made between about 28,000 and 25,000 BCE. [1]
In the 1979 novel, Bastian gave The Childlike Empress the new name of Moonchild, which in the original German is Mondenkind. The name is deliberately obscured in the 1984 filmâ¦ version of the first half of the novel. The film starred Tami Stronach as the Empress.