The currucutú that never forgot how to hunt

A currucutú owl (Megascops choliba) arrived at Fundación Loros from a school in the region whose name was never recorded. It was an individual in need of care before it could continue on its way, and it was Angélica, a representative of the Fundación, who on February 27, 2026, brought it to the CAV —Centro de Atención a Víctimas de la fauna silvestre— to carry on with its rehabilitation there. Just a few days after the handover, the CAV captured something worth documenting: the currucutú hunting a live mouse. The video shows the small owl —with its telltale ear tufts and those yellow eyes that seem to know far too much— moving with the silent precision that defines its kind. There was no question about it: the instinct was still very much alive. That moment caught on video is, in the language of wildlife rehabilitation, good news. It means the road back is open.