When I was in Bulgaria, there was an ”owl handler” doing short ”shows” in various outdoor restaurants, and let people put on those huge gloves to let the owl sit on their arm for a short while. Broke my heart, the owl was so stressed.
this post was submitted on 21 Mar 2026
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Seeing the owl would wake me up faster than the coffee! 😀
Do you know if it was there for a specific job? The raptor people at the beach we go to have an Eagle Owl like that named Ozzy as part of their seagull control team.
if they did then they could crosspost to animals with jobs.
Nah, he was a bird watcher that wanted to see the birds up close.
The jess and glove tells a different story but who am I to question another superbowl poster.
Lol that's essentially why I have pics of me holding owls.
Nice, let's tie the animal down who possesses the gift of flight. But the owl probably really liked it, so it's fine