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Two curious Great Horned Owlets (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Calyhre to c/superbowl

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Or maybe training for a dance battle. There are the chicks from the Hilton Head Island Raptor Cam. I made a few other gifs in the comment section there

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Owls bob their heads to increase parallax and gauge distance to their prey. Nothing to do with sound.

[–] Calyhre 11 points 6 months ago

Thanks, TIL. I fixed the title

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I was wondering if that was what they were doing. Thanks.

[–] rigatti 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You can't fool me. Those are Muppets.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Now that you mentioned it - Waldorf & Statler - the resemblance is uncanny ;D

[–] blubton 8 points 6 months ago

This is so glorious! Thanks for posting!

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

Thank you! I love it.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 6 points 6 months ago

Awwww yeah! Unh! Unh! Hooot