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For owls that are superb.

US Wild Animal Rescue Database: Animal Help Now

International Wildlife Rescues: RescueShelter.com

Australia Rescue Help: WIRES

If you find an injured owl:

Note your exact location so the owl can be released back where it came from. Contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitation specialist to get correct advice and immediate assistance.

Minimize stress for the owl. If you can catch it, toss a towel or sweater over it and get it in a cardboard box or pet carrier. It should have room to be comfortable but not so much it can panic and injure itself. If you can’t catch it, keep people and animals away until help can come.

Do not give food or water! If you feed them the wrong thing or give them water improperly, you can accidentally kill them. It can also cause problems if they require anesthesia once help arrives, complicating procedures and costing valuable time.

If it is a baby owl, and it looks safe and uninjured, leave it be. Time on the ground is part of their growing up. They can fly to some extent and climb trees. If animals or people are nearby, put it up on a branch so it’s safe. If it’s injured, follow the above advice.

For more detailed help, see the OwlPages Rescue page.

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[–] FederatedSaint 72 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm boycotting this for you excluding Archimedes, the owl from Sword in the Stone!

[–] Winged_Hussar 57 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What do you mean I wasn't included??

[–] Beetschnapps 10 points 1 year ago

Who who? What what?

[–] anon6789 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I never saw this until a few years ago, just missed it somehow as a kid so I watched it one day. For a cartoon owl, I feel they nailed the attitude pretty well with this guy.

[–] HessiaNerd 3 points 1 year ago

It's based off the first section of the book Once and Future King by T. H. White. An amazing book, can't recommend it enough.

[–] FederatedSaint 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He has the most epic laugh!

[–] littlebluespark 2 points 1 year ago

Junius Matthews FTW!

[–] Fredselfish 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly should be the top owl.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This halftime show accepts ~~walk-ons~~ fly-ons. An upvote is an upvote.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Next year you should do a full out fictional owl bracket. That would be cute and v fun

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

With all these extra owls that people are posting I just might. I didn't realize I'd left so many out.

[–] anon6789 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What until the Guardians of Ga'hoole people show up!

Owls have been such a great symbolic and mythological creature for just about every civilization for tensnof thousands of years. I thought 250 real owls was way too many! 😉

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

Like Matt Damon?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And then the year after that, pair real owls with fictional owls for a 2v2 bracket

Soon the superbowl will be asking you to do an ad spot on the far more popular seasonal event

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Same! Very disappoint!

[–] littlebluespark 1 points 1 year ago

So true. ✊🏽

...flying is not merely some crude, mechanical process. It is a delicate art. Purely aesthetic. Poetry of motion. And the best way to learn it is to do it.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Owl from Winnie the Pooh vs Hedwig from Harry Potter

Vote here for Owl

Owl is an anthropomorphic owl who first appeared in Disney's animated short Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. Owl's character is based on the stereotype of the "wise old owl", though his "wisdom" is sometimes questionable.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Bubo the Owl from Clash of the Titans vs Mr. Owl from Tootsie Pops

Vote here for Mr. Owl

In the original television ad, a questioning boy (voiced by Buddy Foster) proposes the question to a cow (voiced by Frank Nelson), a fox (voiced by Paul Frees), a turtle (voiced by Ralph James) and an owl (voiced by Paul Winchell). Each one of the first three animals tells the kid to ask someone else, explaining that they would bite a Tootsie Pop every time they lick one. Eventually, he asks the owl, appearing wise, who offers to investigate. He starts licking the orange Tootsie Pop, but bites into it after only three licks. The child walks away, saying to himself, "If there's anything I can't stand, it's a smart owl." The commercial ends the same way, with various flavored Tootsie Pops unwrapped and being "licked away" until being crunched in the center with Herschel Bernardi asking, "How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie pop? The world may never know."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wow, nothing about Bubo? My man got the eye from the witches, saved Perseus, and helped him defeat the Kraken. He’s a hero. Mr. Owl just ate some candy.

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

Bubo’s entry is farther down the comments. He currently only has one upvote so if you would like to support him send some love his way.

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[–] derekabutton 1 points 1 year ago

Can you believe how little screen time they gave Bubo in the remake?! The single biggest mistake they made, and by the gods, they made a few

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Bubo the Owl from Clash of the Titans vs Mr. Owl from Tootsie Pops

Vote here for Bubo

Bubo was forged by Hephaestus and sent by Athena to aid Perseus in his quest to save the princess Andromeda in the original 1981 film.

After losing Athena’s helmet in Calibos’ swamp, Zeus orders Athena to give Perseus her owl, Bubo, as a replacement. She refuses, but agrees to have Hephaestus build a clockwork copy of Bubo to aid Perseus on his quest. Bubo helps him overcome numerous enemies, but not without a little fumbling on his part..

[–] anon6789 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bubo is my go to, I can't even help it, it's just involuntary at this point. I watched that so much as a kid and plenty times more as an adult.

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

Fuck yeah, another Clash of the Titans kid! We had this on repeat so often growing up, haha

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Vote here for Hooty from the Owl House (he also barges in when he wasn’t included)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The most superb owl of them all.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Hootsifer!!

[–] De_Narm 17 points 1 year ago

Wan Shi Tong, the spirit of knowledge (Avatar TLA), should not only get a spot, he should win the whole contest!

[–] FollyDolly 12 points 1 year ago

I'm partial to The Great Owl from The Secret of NIHM.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Not even the owl from Zelda?

[–] alquicksilver 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If we're throwing owls in, then I submit to you David Bowie in Labyrinth. He's an owl and he's the goblin king; what's not to love?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Got my vote.

[–] Psymonkee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like this owl personally:

Cover of the book entitled 'The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark featuring a baby owl in a tree.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I had the audiobook for that, and the EEEEYYEEEEK from the narrator was perfect

[–] crypticthree 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Y'all are sleeping on the great horned owl that appears briefly at the end of the last episode of Twin Peaks season one

[–] dragonfly 6 points 1 year ago

The owls are not what they seem.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Owl from Winnie the Pooh vs Hedwig from Harry Potter

Vote here for Hedwig

Hedwig (d. 27 July 1997) was Harry Potter's pet female snowy owl. Hedwig was an eleventh birthday gift from Rubeus Hagrid to Harry. Hagrid purchased her at the Eeylops Owl Emporium.

In addition to delivering mail, the typical use owls are put to, Hedwig was also a close companion to Harry. She remained one of his closest friends right up to her death during the Battle of the Seven Potters at the height of the Second Wizarding War.

[–] MisterNeon 5 points 1 year ago

I honestly care more about this than the super bowl.

[–] JJROKCZ 4 points 1 year ago

Hedwig for sure, she died for Harry’s sins of being the dumbest fucker at Hogwarts

[–] Calanthesrose 4 points 1 year ago

You have put me in an impossible position! I can't decide between Owl and Hedwig!

[–] Vandals_handle 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where my Ookpik homies at?

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[–] theangryseal 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

#woodsey_gang

[–] mrfriki 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The owl from Blade Runner:

[–] yuriy 2 points 1 year ago

where’s my boy Woodsy? give a hoot, don’t pollute!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I vote for Owl and Owl.

Owl for his intelligence. Owl for his logic.

[–] aviationeast 2 points 1 year ago

Kaebora Gaebor vs Wan Shi Tong

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Where are The Guardians?

[–] NewPerspective 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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