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Moon Potato
May 12, 2003

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibUzDIWhsFg

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Hogge Wild
Aug 21, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Pillbug

lol

SerialKilldeer
Apr 25, 2014

KilroyWasHere posted:



This is fine. Everything is fine.

It's like the owl version of "how to make thin hamster."

The last thing a rodent sees, in slo-mo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAz1L8DlvBM

TITTIEKISSER69
Mar 19, 2005

SAVE THE BEES
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corax
Jan 21, 2002





Owls glow under blacklight:

TITTIEKISSER69
Mar 19, 2005

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TITTIEKISSER69
Mar 19, 2005

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http://i.imgur.com/d9EFOZH.webm

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corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!

Moon Potato
May 12, 2003

We're starting to get Burrowing Owls in the dunes for the winter. They're about the size of a large potato.



corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!

Michaellaneous
Oct 30, 2013



How has this owl not been posted yet.
It flies on disgust for you.

TITTIEKISSER69
Mar 19, 2005

SAVE THE BEES
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Ingo (the dog) and Napoleon

BOOTY-ADE
Aug 30, 2006

BIG KOOL TELLIN' Y'ALL TO KEEP IT TIGHT

TITTIEKISSER69
Mar 19, 2005

SAVE THE BEES
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anotherblownsave
Feb 26, 2008

The sponsors will like you better this way, trust me.

Hands up, don't sHOOT!......


I'll see myself out.

Moon Potato
May 12, 2003

It's a cool owl, but David G Hemmings needs to eat a dick for baiting wild animals.

dumb.
Apr 11, 2014

-=💀=-


This owl thread reminded me that Snowy Owl is in second place for voting Canada's national bird (second to the shithead Loon who doesn't even stay in the country during winter). Great Gray is on the list too.

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twerking on the railroad
Jun 23, 2007

Get on my level

I. M. Gei
Jun 26, 2005

CHIEFS

BITCH




Thank you for also noticing the "Owl-fro".

xoFcitcrA
Feb 16, 2010

took the bread and the lamb spread
Lipstick Apathy

dumb. posted:



This owl thread reminded me that Snowy Owl is in second place for voting Canada's national bird (second to the shithead Loon who doesn't even stay in the country during winter). Great Gray is on the list too.

It's true, though I understand that Canadian restaurants have been trying to keep them away because they tend to break the tables.

Aesop Poprock
Oct 21, 2008


Grimey Drawer

Moon Potato posted:

It's a cool owl, but David G Hemmings needs to eat a dick for baiting wild animals.

Can I ask what you mean by this without derailing

Fearless_Decoy
Sep 27, 2001

You shall all soon witness the power of my Tragic 8-Ball!

Aesop Poprock posted:

Can I ask what you mean by this without derailing
To get the shot the photographer had to use bait to get the owl to land like that close enough to the camera

Aesop Poprock
Oct 21, 2008


Grimey Drawer

Fearless_Decoy posted:

To get the shot the photographer had to use bait to get the owl to land like that close enough to the camera

Is that considered unethical in wildlife photography? I'm pretty sure the guys behind Planet Earth and the Life series have used a bunch of similar "unnatural" ways to set up their best shots for example

I. M. Gei
Jun 26, 2005

CHIEFS

BITCH



Feeding wild animals is generally a bad idea. Especially wild animals that can rip your face off if you have no food to offer.

And yeah, it kinda takes away from the "natural" aspect if the animal had to be provoked into posing for a photo.

Moon Potato
May 12, 2003

Aesop Poprock posted:

Is that considered unethical in wildlife photography? I'm pretty sure the guys behind Planet Earth and the Life series have used a bunch of similar "unnatural" ways to set up their best shots for example
Especially for something like a Great Grey Owl that has to follow vole activity to stay alive, getting it used to being fed in a single spot can do a lot of damage. Getting predators accustomed to approaching humans is a bad idea in general. There are legitimate reasons to bait wild animals for wildlife studies (for example, that's how they find out where Spotted Owls nest so that occupied nests can be protected from logging or development), but those are done by trained wildlife technicians who take precautions to prevent disrupting the animals' lives. While there are photographers and videographers who bait their subjects, it's considered unethical from a conservation standpoint and is luckily falling out of fashion.

Anyway, back to owls. Fish owls are the fluffiest owls.

Sic Semper Goon
Mar 1, 2015

Eu tu?

:zaurg:

Switchblade Switcharoo

Astrobastard
Dec 31, 2008



Winky Face

Yessssssssss

TITTIEKISSER69
Mar 19, 2005

SAVE THE BEES
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http://i.imgur.com/9zvtpPH.gifv

Scathach
Apr 4, 2011

You know that thing where you sleep on your arm funny and when you wake up it's all numb? Yeah that's my whole world right now.


Burrowing owls, best owls.







I used to have to be very careful riding my horse through fields and desert areas so he wouldn't crush them with his clumsy-rear end, dinner-plate-sized hooves.

Moon Potato
May 12, 2003

Short-eared Owls have returned to the fields around Humboldt Bay during the wet weather.




corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!

chad radwell
Jan 16, 2009

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Jan 16, 2009

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Moon Potato
May 12, 2003

Owl hat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OVAP63lAKM

Aesop Poprock
Oct 21, 2008


Grimey Drawer

I. M. Gei
Jun 26, 2005

CHIEFS

BITCH




"Wait a minute, this isn't a rabbit!"

corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!

that owl kept asking who they were and they never answered it. what assholes!

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011




:3:

Moon Potato
May 12, 2003

A Great Gray Owl has wandered far outside its normal range and discovered that we have a bunch of juicy voles in Prairie Creek Redwood State Park.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNxqo4XUHyo







A pair of ravens were bothering it at one point, and after that it would pretend to be part of a log or a stump whenever it heard ravens approaching.

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Suspicious Cook
Oct 9, 2012

Onward to burgers!

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