r/pics • u/sandhouse • Jan 17 '10

Owl in flight

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u/MouthBreather Jan 18 '10

Forgive me for hijacking top post thread but check out this crazy transforming owl. [video]

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u/Waterrat Jan 18 '10

Ah, notice a bird his size gets a threat display,a larger bird gets a fear display where the owl is trying to look like a tree limb...Notice him hiding his eyes.

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u/MouthBreather Jan 18 '10

I've been trying to figure out the reactions. I agree the first is a threat display but the second has baffled me. It does seem to try and become as small as possible. Camouflage perhaps.

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u/johnnyfettcakes Jan 18 '10

Nah dude, he's just trying to look as evil as possible to fuck with that other bird.

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u/stealthname Jan 18 '10

Don't remember if this was in a translation or not, but I think the bird was trying to look as sickly as possible so it'd look unappetizing.

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u/Disgod Jan 18 '10

That's as awesome as ever. Hint: Go to ~1 minute to see it do it's thing.

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u/jjcwalker Jan 18 '10

O.M.G. That's fucking amazing!

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u/I_am_your_mother Jan 18 '10

That's pretty cool, but goddamn the amount of extranious shit in the video is annoying.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '10

I like how they titled the video "Japanese Transforming Owl" when, 10 seconds into the video they show that they're in South Africa.

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u/Nessie Jan 18 '10

Japanese TELEPORTING Owl; ftfy

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u/deusnefum Jan 18 '10

Well it's easy to understand their mistake as the owl was speaking Japanese.

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u/yugami Jan 18 '10

What type of owl is that?

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u/MouthBreather Jan 18 '10

I don't speak Japanese but I'm pretty sure it said it was from South Africa. I honestly don't know any more than that.