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Two curious Great Horned Owlets (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Calyhre@lemmy.world to c/superbowl@lemmy.world
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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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[-] Beeko@lemm.ee 19 points 6 months ago

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

[-] Calyhre@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

Thanks, TIL. I fixed the title

[-] mdd@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

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

[-] blubton@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

This is so glorious! Thanks for posting!

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

You can't fool me. Those are Muppets.

[-] You@feddit.de 2 points 6 months ago

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

[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 6 points 6 months ago

Thank you! I love it.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Awwww yeah! Unh! Unh! Hooot

this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2024
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