Is there supposed to be a real animal behind the "jinn" in Treason's Harbour?

Does anyone know if there was a real animal the group was seeing in Treason's Harbour while they were walking to Suez, making the "Uhu uhu uhu" sounds and landing on their tents, etc? (End of chapter five)

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I looked in the companion book I have but it wasn't in there and I can't seem to find it on the internets :) Seems like a large vulture or owl or maybe a baboon or something??

Posted Jun 21, 2019, 1:15 AM UTC

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janus5•

Not going to be super helpful as I’m going by memory but yeah it was. I believe it’s covered in the book itself. A Maturin scene- I think it was a particular bird he was interested in...that’s it! It was an eagle-owl.

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leprechaun16•

Yep maturin’s eagle owl

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withak30•

It was some kind of owl.

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p0liticat•

I was thinking a pharaoh eagle owl, but I couldn't find any audio of its calls.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TjVbDWZvcE

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Best I got, though I'm pretty sure it's a eurasian eagle owl.

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codergnomesOP•

It does seem like an eagle owl! Just saw one at our zoo, it is really cool!

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