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From Tommy Eliasson

Great Grey stuck in heavy rain.

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[–] anon6789 11 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This reminds me that owls can turn their heads to freaky angles because that head looks turned way around that my neck hurts just from looking.

But the shot is great though. Just that phwoosh of warer.

[–] Rolando 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You are classier than I am. This just reminded me of Flashdance.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago

Hey that image is totally classy.

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

They've got twice the neck vertebrae than we do, and they're a bit coiled like a spring. The blood vessels and airways are also similarly coiled inside so they don't suffocate themselves contorting like this. Those would have been some interesting generations to observe while that was evolving! 😆

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

Haha. Just imagining the prehistoric owls twisting their neck going "Okay. Okay. Nope, too far. There goes my neck."

And that one smug owl who of course got the biggest twist angle giving the smug owl look.

[–] anon6789 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I imagined them looking around too fast and blacking out and falling out the tree in a cartoonish manner. Somewhat like so:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

Yes, you get the comedic potential. Man it works Jane been hilarious.

[–] synapse1278 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] anon6789 6 points 1 day ago

I kept thinking it had to be fake until I went to the photographer's own feed and found the other pic of it sitting in the rain in the same tree. I was really wowed by it.

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

This may be the best Shampoo commercial I have ever seen.

[–] anon6789 3 points 1 day ago

Using Strix Shampoo and Conditioner every day leaves your hair feeling light as a feather!

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

Amazing! That will be my profil picture for my PieFed account.

[–] anon6789 2 points 1 day ago

Excellent!

That's one wet chouette!