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If you find an injured owl:

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This precious moment was captured by talented wildlife photographer Hannie Heere the little owl was moving with purpose, then suddenly spread its wings and sprinted!

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago

Reminds me of this guy

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Funny thing about my first play through, I logically thought to myself "I can abandon this poor cub out here...I'll just kill it".

It never entered my mind to try and tame it.

Not sure what that says about me now that I've said that out loud...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Fucking cycle path

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm picturing it running like the T-1000 in Terminator 2.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago

While also going "woop woop woop" like Zoidberg.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That pic is iconic enough that you find it as a regular meme template (uncredited of course). Good to see the original photographer mentioned!

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago

yo dawg, I heard you like memes
so I memed a meme so you could meme while you meme

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

IT SHOULDN'T DO THIS! MAKE IT STOP DOING THIS! HOW FAST IS IT RUNNING! I'M STARTLED! THINGS CANT BE FAST AND FLUFFY AT THE SAME TIME!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

There's always something with these MFs

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago

Holy shit 😆

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago

"I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date!"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Whatever, I know a pigmy owlbear when I see one.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

A barn for owls is an owl barn.

Is a barn for Barn Owls a Barn Owl barn or a Barn Owl owl barn?

Is a Barn Owl living in such a barn a Barn Owl barn Barn Owl or a Barn Owl owl barn Barn Owl?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Reminds me of this for some reason

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Absolutely. That's why they spend their early years in huge barns.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

Excuse me, coming through!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

I'm pretty sure I killed that things mum in bg3

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As a Canadian gen-x I can only hear chariots of fire when seeing this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I can only imagine the owl making airplane noises.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

Looks like Gizmo on the run :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

It looks like a stan.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Don't they need to build strength in their wings?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

They're gonna flap around too but nah this is leg day. Flying starts with a big jump. Especially when the wings are also new, you want as much height as you can when you start.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Sick Neverending Story II cosplay

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