this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2024
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One of the rehabs has a fun weekly game to guess the species based on a very zoomed in photo.

I did get it right in the end, but I thought it was a little bit tricky.

Anyone got any guesses hoo this fuzzy foot belongs to?

I'll post the answer in the comments later in the day in case spoiler tags aren't working across the board.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Mountain lion!

Edit: Oh, I'm in superbowl...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

It does look like a big cat foot. Wrong number of digits though.

When I was scrolling through my feed, there are plenty of other animals mixed in, so it did not register to me immediately as an owl, due to the lack of scale.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

It does look like the fish fur used in Soviet style hats, but that is not this.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

~~I'll guess O RLY.....?~~

Edit: Wait no. Let's try my favorite, the Barry White of owls, Mr Great Horny!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

I like that description!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Indeed! No owl is big enough to cause any life threatening injuries (if you disregard that Barred Owl murder theory!) but this owl could absolutely leave a lasting impression on you if you made it upset!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Another excellent possibility!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This wasn’t a photorealistic render by Pixar?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Good guess, but not this time.

Not Zack Snyder AI either!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hey! That's my sleep paralysis demon.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

At least it's a cute and fluffy sleep demon!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh great, now I'm over here googling pictures of various owl feet 😂

Given what I've seen, I'm also gonna go with my neighborhood buddy, GHO

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Those won't be the strangest feet pics being Googled today, I'm sure! The internet is a wild place! 🤣

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Click here for answer!

There were many good guesses. I can't fool you guys!

At first I thought it was a Snowy, but the color didn't look right. I'm used to them having the fuzziest toes of the owls. The only other foot that giant and fluffy is our dear friend, the GHO!

So I think you all got it or came in a very close second. Way to go!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Uh oh, a serious guess. I wasn't prepared for this! 😆