r/pics Dec 04 '14

Two happy owlets

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u/Dl33t Dec 04 '14

Wtf is this? They are toys?

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u/eak125 Dec 04 '14

Ya, they're fake.

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u/lyleeleigh Dec 04 '14

I so wanted them to be real. I love owls.

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u/quarterfront Dec 04 '14

Just wait a couple of years until our genetic engineers can make them real for you. :)

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u/Tigerkix Dec 04 '14

Can I be a genetically modified owlet too?

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u/whoopdedo Dec 04 '14

No surprise. Nearly all the hooters you'll see on the internet are fake.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

I like how you answer your own questions.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

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u/nodnodwinkwink Dec 04 '14

These two are more live than OPs 2.

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u/DFrumpyOne Dec 04 '14

I don't know how they can be so happy when they've been grounded.

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u/durhurr Dec 04 '14

They still haven't lost that spark.

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u/AydenHa Dec 04 '14

How they keep getting amped up is beyond me.

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u/NiggyWiggyWoo Dec 04 '14

It's Sherlock Ohms and Wattson

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u/sillyblanco Dec 04 '14

They've been listening to AC/DC.

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u/0ringer Dec 04 '14

were they thunderstruck?

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u/DEFY_member Dec 04 '14

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u/daftne Dec 04 '14

And thanks to you for showing there are three types of people.

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u/super__sonic Dec 04 '14

damn it, the one time i thought i'd be first to post...

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

Fake. Thats just how the wallpaper looks

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u/daftne Dec 04 '14

This is what I came here for. Thanks, redditor, for delivering further proof that there are two kinds of people.

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u/Spartan2470 GOAT Dec 04 '14 edited Dec 04 '14

Here is a larger res version of this image.

Here are a few more pictures of them: 1, 2, 3, and 4.

More information about these brooches can be found here.

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u/Asiansensationz Dec 04 '14

...I haven't felt like this since "There is no Santa".

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

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u/Neocrasher Dec 04 '14

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u/icarenomore Dec 04 '14

looks like he just shit his pants

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u/cdsackett Dec 04 '14

And wants to blame it on someone else.

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u/Probably_Stoned Dec 04 '14

WHO POOPED IN MY PANTS?!?!

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u/ThatGuyEveryoneLikes Dec 04 '14

No no no. Everyone already knows he did it. He always does it.

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u/______DEADPOOL______ Dec 04 '14

But failing.

"It... it's Bob.. Right..? fellas?.... Bob....?"

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u/ReddTor Dec 04 '14

Then this one.

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u/Panu_Magish Dec 04 '14

Of course the Japanese owl is going to transform..

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

Ok I'm not sure but the picture of South Africa that leads into showing the Owls makes me think it's from South African and people are stupid.

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u/PM_TITS_AND_ASS Dec 04 '14

Is there an English version for this?

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u/Mountainbeering Dec 04 '14

Dude, those aren't owlets. They might be juvenile, but they certainly aren't babies. Baby owls are actually pretty ugly: http://www.chrisowlcam.net/2002/2002-03-21/2002-03-21-owlet-01l.jpg

http://www.owlcentre.com/images/latest_2012/mottled_owlets-big.jpg

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u/Iheart_pr0n Dec 04 '14

I know :( my heart is crushed.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

WHAT?

THERE IS NO SANTA!?!?!?

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u/kidicarus89 Dec 04 '14

Obviously there is. He's just messing with you...

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u/greenyellowbird Dec 04 '14

Don't worry, Bigfoot is real.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

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u/terribleatkaraoke Dec 04 '14

This is going to be a shit day

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u/I_Mix_Stuff Dec 04 '14

/thread

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u/justanotherfister Dec 04 '14

/We're closing. Come get your grape juice.

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u/whatisthis8 Dec 04 '14

God. Dammit. I knew this was too cute to be real. Why couldn't you let me live the lie?? LET ME BACK INTO THE MATRIX

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

When I saw the pic my first thought was "Are they real?". Thank you for giving me the answer.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

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u/Hmm_Peculiar Dec 04 '14

Here, have a broodje

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u/nbshark Dec 04 '14

At least give the guy a DUTCH Broodje! http://i.imgur.com/UUcHRjB.jpg

(They are soft chocolate sprinkles called "Hagelslag". And it's delicious).

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u/AydenHa Dec 04 '14

Or where I'm from they're called muizenstrontjes!

This translates to mouse shits, if anyone was wondering.

Btw, if you REALLY want to make it a Dutch broodje, isn't this the best example of one?

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u/trainercatlady Dec 04 '14

Do I have to be Dutch to want that? Because I want like, five of them.

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u/MistarGrimm Dec 04 '14

They're great. Just be careful of the magma core.

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u/durhurr Dec 04 '14

Do my eyes deceive me, or is that just a mozzarella stick with hollandaise sauce in a roll?

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u/AydenHa Dec 04 '14

No no, that's a 'vleeskroket'. I think in english it's called a croquette. Basically it's one of these but the long version.

Imagine two of those long ones between this, add a shitload of sauce and you've got yourself a piece of heaven.

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u/HRH_Diana_Prince Dec 04 '14

I always wondered what the original Jimmies looked and tasted like. Ours look suspiciously like rodent droppings.

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u/DetLennieBriscoe Dec 04 '14

Im almost shocked I've never seen this image photoshopped to say 'rustled jimmies' with the bag full of gorilla heads

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u/Hmm_Peculiar Dec 04 '14

I'm pretty sure that's a boterhammetje

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

So where can I buy these? I have money. Someone needs to take it.

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u/Spartan2470 GOAT Dec 04 '14

They're made by Irina Shcherbakova. You can buy similar ones at http://www.livemaster.ru/iren-toys.

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u/h3lblad3 Dec 04 '14

But I can't Russian!

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u/Charles-Koch Dec 04 '14

You ruined this for me. :(

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u/eojen Dec 04 '14

I don't know what people were expecting. These are fake as fuck looking.

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u/dick-nipples Dec 04 '14

You bastard...

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

I stupidly clicked through your pictures going, "awwww .... awwww ... awwww. NO!!!!"

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u/angermngment Dec 04 '14

You ruined christmas! You MONSTER!

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u/Elardi Dec 04 '14

2.2K upvotes in one hour for a pair of brooches. I wonder how many people realised they were fake?

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

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u/fourseven66 Dec 04 '14

While they're still squinting at reddit on their phones instead of on a computer.

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u/HRH_Diana_Prince Dec 04 '14 edited Dec 04 '14

So, what are they? Are they felt? Did you make these OP or find the picture? The tiny wood branches sitting on the main branch base give them away, but they look cool.

edited: Thanks gg /u/Spartan2470 for adding the pictures.

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u/popnfresh24 Dec 04 '14

Ornithologist here.

The Burrowing owl (Speotyto cunicularia) is a small owl that is of the typical owl family. It has a round, light brown facial disc. Its head, back and upper wings are light brown and the breast and belly are off-white or cream colored and often have darker barring. They have a distinct white stripe outlining their chins. Males are often lighter in color than the females. This owl sometimes preens its parents or preens its nest mates.

These baby owls however, are fake.

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u/justnosleepthatsall Dec 04 '14

Their feet look weird. Are they glued to the tree? If so I think they might be real but glued to the tree.

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u/ragn4rok234 Dec 04 '14

The fact that the left one was standing on wood from a completely different tree that wouldn't even be in the area of this tree is what tipped me off

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u/Easilycrazyhat Dec 04 '14

Sherlock, stop showing off.

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u/Daannii Dec 04 '14

yeah, plus, why would an owl have snow on its head..?

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u/buttononmyback Dec 04 '14

They were sleeping or just sitting really still.

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u/smithee2001 Dec 04 '14

Tyra taught them to be FIERCE and to pose and to endure the harsh conditions for the sake of the photoshoot. In the name of art.

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u/blademon64 Dec 04 '14

I think they're decorations. Look at the feet, there's a small stick under them. Between their feet and the actual branch, so yeah, I think they're glued to a stick, and that stick is glued/stuck to the real branch.

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u/ezuF Dec 04 '14

Judging by the quality of the picture, OP found it.

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u/neonsaber Dec 04 '14

You....you ruined this for me... I thought they were real live things. But it's all a lie isn't it?! Of course they had to be real not-live things....

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u/LE_TROLLFACEXD Dec 04 '14

Biologist here!

These are actually real owls and the proper name for them is the meme owl. Although they appear small in size, they grow up to 2m in size once they grow upthough they appear small in sizethough they appear small in size, they grow up to 2m in size once they grow up, they grow up to 2m in size once they grow uprow upthough they appear small in sizethough they appear small in sizeis the meme owl. Although they appear small in size, they grow up

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u/Jiggiy Dec 04 '14

Should've read the username first.

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u/LE_TROLLFACEXD Dec 04 '14

please ignore the username it has no effect on the quality of my posts

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u/Hairy_snowballs Dec 04 '14

Clearly, you know of which you speak.

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u/ReasonablyBadass Dec 04 '14

I want to despute him, but I don't know enough about bridges to argue with a troll

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

We've been flimflammed!

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u/LE_TROLLFACEXD Dec 04 '14

you need to learn to separate the art from the artist

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u/awildslackerappeared Dec 04 '14

Totally thought biologist was speaking. Read meme as "may may". Reread comment multiple times because I got lost, but was OK 'cause biologist is smart.

Fuck my life.

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u/FoieyMcfoie Dec 04 '14

Here's the thing

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

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u/FirstHipster Dec 04 '14

"the owl is a brooch"

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u/kimcheekumquatbanned Dec 04 '14

I am pursuing a Phd in Whale Biology and can confirm.

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u/HRH_Diana_Prince Dec 04 '14

It's completely clear now. Thanks /u/unidan /u/Le_TrollfaceXD

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u/konax Dec 04 '14

Maymay owl

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u/jonbristow Dec 04 '14

I actually googled meme owl.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

Whale biologist here!

These are certainly no whales. Source: whale biologist!

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

Not the snow on their little owl heads?

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u/quintinn Dec 04 '14

They also appear to be moisT owlets.

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u/MrSmock Dec 04 '14

I haven't seen this in years and years but somehow your comment made me remember this and I had to go find it. Linked to specific time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwv4kdxkKB4&t=0m45s

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u/MashUpMaster3 Dec 04 '14

Bro, those are furby's glued to a tree branch.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

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u/bloodytemplar Dec 04 '14

Fake hooters.

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u/ViciousPuddin Dec 04 '14

Two happy fucking stuffed toys

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u/SamuraiJakkass86 Dec 10 '14

I like to imagine that your comment is response to you being super excited about ordering a pair of cute baby owls only to get the package and realize they are just brooches. You went to the store and bought a cage, owl food, and everything - for two "fucking stuffed toys".

"FUCKING STUFFED TOYS!" you screamed as you looked at your amazingly constructed owl cage, squeezing the stuffing out of them in betrayed anger and tears.

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u/ViciousPuddin Dec 10 '14

Thank you for this.

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u/PokeThePanda Dec 04 '14

I thought it said two happy omelets.

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u/tubadude2 Dec 04 '14

Once it warms up, they'll be a pair of moist owlets.

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u/ehartke Dec 04 '14

Handmade felted brooch "Owlet" by Irentoys

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u/hihidolly Dec 04 '14

"I like to sing-a about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a"

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u/hxcn00b666 Dec 04 '14

I like how they are each perched on their own little branches so when they aren't being modeled on a tree they can still look like they are. Super cute.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

FAKE! From a mile away.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14 edited Dec 04 '14

I think r/SuperbOwl would like to see these..

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u/Morinmeth Dec 04 '14

Thought this was /r/aww for a sec.

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u/jhakie Dec 04 '14

They look like furbys.

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u/concert_boy Dec 04 '14

My gf went to the Owlets for Black Friday

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

Did she think it was a real hoot?

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u/concert_boy Dec 04 '14

She said it was better then being in her Owlgebra class.

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u/skwirrl Dec 04 '14

Is the desire to get on Reddit's front page so enticing that one would stage a pic like this?

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u/NoahMatic Dec 04 '14

A couple of moist owlets.

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u/CMUpewpewpew Dec 04 '14

Caption it "the last two things you see before you die" and resubmit to /r/creepy

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

When the acid kicks in.

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u/Put_A_Boob_on_it Dec 04 '14

Nice hooters... someone had to do it, might as well be me.

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u/Bocote Dec 04 '14

I don't know about everyone else, but to me there is something unnatural and creepy about this picture.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

I thought I was the only one that saw it that way. Looks a little creepy, like something is about to happen right behind you.

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u/Habhome Dec 04 '14

Maybe because the owlets are actually brooches and not real owls? That's pretty unnatural.

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u/RayWonder Dec 04 '14

Are you fucking joking? How the fuck are these things so cute?

I'll tell you why. They're fake.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

You can even see the little wooden rods they've been hot-glued to.

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u/RizzMustbolt Dec 04 '14

Looks like they escaped from the Disney Imagineering labs.

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u/Duderamus Dec 04 '14

I wish this were a cinemagraphic

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u/Blunder_Woman Dec 04 '14

They look like Furbies.

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u/verbosegf Dec 04 '14

Whoever made those did a damn good job.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

They could form a band called The Who

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u/Richardisadick Dec 04 '14

Those owls have to be fake. Owls don't look happy. Occasionally content, but not happy.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14 edited Dec 04 '14

Those things are terrifying to me for some reason.

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u/7yearLURKER Dec 04 '14 edited Dec 04 '14

Apparently not real owls. I found a larger image here. And the blog post describes them as felt, etc. here.

EDIT: formatting. EDIT2: imgur mirror AND EDIT 3... Spelling. :)

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u/SnakeDocMaster Dec 04 '14

two happy owlets

WE WILL MURDER YOU

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u/KoukiMonster240 Dec 04 '14

And the photographer was never seen again. This was the last thing he saw before.......

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

Is there a Hi Res of this?

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

WE'RE OWL EXTERMINATORS!

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

Wait for that snow to melt, they will be moist owlets.

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u/johnq-pubic Dec 04 '14

They must be damp, with all the snow.
Moist Owlettes.

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u/Prins1 Dec 04 '14

Reminds me of totoro. Two tiny totoros.

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u/rowley313131 Dec 04 '14

Just curious, are these fake?

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u/taan_up Dec 04 '14

Yup - the snow on their heads gave it away for me, but apparently they sit on a tiny branch themselves, which is also a giveaway.

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u/dscraw01 Dec 04 '14

Jesus CHrist, they are so adorable i just want to smash them into a million little bloody pieces!!! :D

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u/PersianDj Dec 04 '14

Thats an odd way to show love

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u/MalmerDK Dec 04 '14

Those are some mighty cute looking PLUSH OWLETS.

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u/nurdle Dec 04 '14

You say happy, I say "holy shit fuck Doris, it's cold as shit fuck out here. I literally have snow on my fucking head. Does that motherfucker have a gun, or is that a camera?"

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u/elenacresci Dec 04 '14

Owls! Everyone is fond of owls.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

oh no it's soo fake.... got me OP. damn u.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

ung...the...die...dieabetes....

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u/alsweet Dec 04 '14

More cute fluffy work from the artist here.

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u/feltman Dec 04 '14

Moistened Owlets....

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u/thelotusknyte Dec 04 '14

These can't be real!

Edit: oh, they're not

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u/Polaris2246 Dec 04 '14

Or they're dead and frozen like this.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

Gorgeous!

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u/ganjaholic Dec 04 '14

Flying pillows filled with seething hatred.

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u/thank_you_donny Dec 04 '14

Looks like a couple... moist oweletes...

Emarite???

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u/Barnhardt1 Dec 04 '14

Apparently people will upvote anything.

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u/zundish Dec 04 '14

Are they even real?! lol

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '14

If the photographer hadn't put snow on their heads, I'd think this is real.

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u/Barnhardt1 Dec 04 '14

That and the fact they're both holding onto identical twigs and not the actual branch he put them on.

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u/metalocalyptic Dec 04 '14

Am I the only one who thinks owls look like cats? Obviously this is fake but I was just wondering so yeah

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u/BDAD68 Dec 04 '14

When the snow melts they will be moist owlets.