Why This Bird Could Be a Threat to International Security

[@TheAnanaki]

My uncle found an injured baby barn owl once. Nursed it back to health and released it. Nested on his property, found a mate and it's offspring still live in the same nest and to this day seem to have no fear of humans. Some will even approach you and just hang out.

[@AroundTheBlockAgain]

The pest control that the owls run must be wonderful!

[@lsswappedcessna]

Make no mistake, they're only chill because you're too big for them to eat

[@NonEuclideanTacoCannon]

Lots of owls don't have a fear of humans. I've heard it's actually sort of a problem in some places. Anecdotally, one night I was walking home, thought I saw a cat on the sidewalk a few blocks away. I get closer, and it's an owl, just standing in the middle of the sidewalk eyeballing me. I kinda slowed down, thinking it would fly away. Nope, stood it's ground. Kinda had to go around it in a wide circle, while it's turning its head around and glaring at me. Almost felt more like an encounter with a bobcat or something.

[@PavltheRobot]

That's wholesome, I hope no one will ever hurt them. Some humans are really the worst

[@maddenboseroy4074]

@@NonEuclideanTacoCannon Yo, Gabriel Iglesias/Fluffy had a similar problem with a cockroach in Texas.

[@andreasmuller4666]

Best description for an Owl i ever heard was "bird hardware running cat software".

[@Kylora2112]

Nature's perfect assassin given wings. It's weakness: water. Just like cats.

[@Arceusmemesidk-zk7tm]

Owls get wings, cats get a higher size cap (and in some cases, the ability to swim.)

[@argentpuck]

@@Arceusmemesidk-zk7tmAll cats can swim, only some of them enjoy it.

[@Arceusmemesidk-zk7tm]

@argentpuck I mean true but it's probably safe to say a jaguar is a better swimmer than a lion

[@lowkeyarki7091]

OWLKITTY

[@seanpoore2428]

Crow: "You took Everything from me!!" Owl: "I don't even know who you are..."

[@22Owls]

“I don’t even know hoo you are”

[@unrulycrow6299]

Not everything was taken. The power of using tools remains a Corvid characteristic 😤

[@brandonbarton9016]

Its the oblivion npc that says (i dont know you and i dont care to know you)

[@eaj008]

​@@22Owlssuch a missed opportunity smh

[@seanpoore2428]

@@22Owls I'm so disappointed in myself for not seeing that obvious pun....bravo

[@jonathannavarreteperez801]

Here's another fun factoid. The characters that make up the word "owl" in Chinese (猫头鹰) can be literally translated as "cat eagle" or "cat head eagle".

[@Roseoaxillaris]

No way that's so cool

[@loorthedarkelf8353]

May I ask for the pronunciation in romanic characters? I don't trust google translate...

[@jonathannavarreteperez801]

@@loorthedarkelf8353 māo tóu yīng

[@oikstooru]

​@@loorthedarkelf8353 for owl in Chinese? it's māo toú yīng

[@KATinBLACK]

Maybe that’s why in Japan they have owl cafes, cuz they can’t resist anything cat-like. To be fair, some of them are super cute 🥰

[@argentpuck]

"Owls are just the 'cats' of birds." That explains why I like 'em, too.

[@bigcooltony437]

they kinda look like cats too

[@stevdor6146]

explains why i don't like them either

[@zh84]

"Flying cat" is an old British slang term for an owl.

[@1003JustinLaw]

Fun fact, in Chinese owls are called 猫头鹰, which LITERALLY translates to “cat headed eagles”, or “eagles with cat-like heads”. It’s a description of the appearance yes, but the head contains the brain, and Chinese medicine have known that the brain is what guides thought so… maybe the name actually means “eagles that think like cats”?

[@1003JustinLaw]

@@zh84explains why they eat so many pigeons, since the latter are “flying rats” and all.

[@DanGamingFan2406]

"Sky Cats" is such a perfect description of owls. They're both super soft, extremely successful hunters, own the night, will beef with anything, no matter how big, can go from cute to demon in a heartbeat, and have moments of either pure genius or extreme clumsiness. And I love them both. Also, congratulations on reaching the like goal to visit the sanctuary. I hope you have fun.

[@watershipup7101]

You got all that right.

[@genjis5155]

They're both so cute and so scarry at the same time.

[@Thetruthiscosmic]

That's so true

[@thusnameddigital9397]

You couldn't be more right.

[@mr.inconspicuous6395]

Both hate water, too.

[@guardianofthehill]

"Same test, same solution: That's convergent evolution" Ok, that's one incredibly baller line you just casually dropped there

[@michellek.163]

Someone give Casual Geographic an award for that line alone 👏👏👏👏 I had to pause to take that one in

[@Jasmine-gk4re]

LITERALLYYY I was like, wait, that’s highkey a great way to explain it lolol

[@TeaBird01]

Agreed. So good.

[@mercwiththemouthsnewphone6798]

I'm gonna use this now

[@ttvv90]

My man´s dropping a rap album soon.

[@dannytulley3661]

4:50 he’s not kidding for context I sleep with my window open and got woken up by a barn owl didn’t know what it was until now but it was terrifying as fuck

[@IfeanyiElochukwu-mv5du]

I know what you mean barn owls used to nest in my roof before animal control moved them to a safe place

[@bottledducky9610]

I'd never recover from that

[@Davidledonkayy]

barn owls are terrifying af

[@TheGoatBoat8776]

i was on a walk and heard a fox and i had the same reaction but thought

[@TheGoatBoat8776]

idk the but thought is there

[@aazhie]

I used to volunteer at a zoo and the barn owl.They had had been raised by humans. So he would hop on your back and shriek at you to show you how cute he was. A soft & terrifying good boi :3 He was so light. His grip was SO powerful!

[@shereesmazik5030]

Some owls imprint on humans and think the back of your head is another owl that wants to party.

[@JWat-ko1hr]

The corvid/owl war is nuts. I don't remember where I heard the story, but there was supposedly a documented case where an owl chose to drown itself when it was cornerd by a murder of crows.

[@gormnykreim8650]

Which is to say, a murder of crows decided to drown an owl, because they knew it wasn't waterproof, and would lose flight power when wet

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

​@@gormnykreim8650putting the "murder" in "murder of crows"

[@nextcaesargaming5469]

Might be a case of Mandela Effect hitting me, but I remember watching a similar video of a hyena cornered by lions choosing to throw itself off a cliff that was blatantly a lethal fall. I vaguely remember the hyena looking pretty sad before jumping, too.

[@saenekokun2723]

​@@nextcaesargaming5469now I'm sad too :(

[@brandonhinrichs4393]

Well you jump off the cliff you probably die but you don't jump off the cliff and you definitely die and at least he gets the benefit of not being eaten alive

[@hackcubit9663]

"Owls are just the cats of birds," is a claim I've been harping on for years now, ever since I learned that owls, like cats, are both very smart and extremely stupid, absolute units in the world of hunters, and crazy enough to run fades with creatures sometimes ten or twenty times their size.

[@yamamotohiromori419]

Remind me of that video of a cat who punch a croc (?)

[@mackenzy.mp4]

Would that make crows the dogs of birds?

[@LionsOnTheHunt313]

​@@mackenzy.mp4yes, I think so LoL

[@user-ps4lx8qq2c]

​@@yamamotohiromori419 Mugsy is the cat's name.

[@alexandermendez4653]

They also have the two best night visions in the game

[@Khornecussion]

We had a barn owl awhile back that stayed in- you would not believe this - our barn. No clue why it was there though because they were not native to the area. I would come in and yell at it and it would yell back and I would then go " Alright cool. " and it would quietly "chirp" as if trying to be like " Okay same time tomorrow. " and then if I had to go in there to get something it would walk along the top of the beams to watch me and any time I would talk it would sort of hoot or make a weird chirp back.

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

They seem to be really chill and friendly once they're used to people. We used to see a whole extended family of them in the trees in my yard growing up. We had little camp fires in our big back yard sometimes and the owls seemed fascinated. This was in a city, but our fence and trees gave a lot of privacy. One of the owls even stole a burger patty off a tray my dad was bringing in... we had gotten a late start on grilling due to rain. Just about gave him a heart attack swooping right down to snatch it from the tray in his hands. They're pretty bold.

[@StonedtotheBones13]

​@@ANPC-pi9vu... Why do I wanna see if people have lactose tolerance with a cheeseburger now?

[@touremuhammad5983]

9:02 Fun fact: the rivalry between owls & crows is a lot similar to the rivalry between primates & big cats. For example, leopards often hunt baboons when they're sleeping & baboons will kill unsupervised cubs & even gang up on adult leopards like a pack of wolves to get rid of future predators. This is cuz primates, like crows, will also seek revenge & hold grudges.

[@thepraetorian2368]

Crows are the human version of birds then

[@x3of9]

@@thepraetorian2368 So now we just need to find a Crow that keeps Owls as pets.

[@RyanMartinezUkulelelessons]

Unfortunately for them so do tigers. Edit: tigers don't live in Africa but they do love vengeance

[@WisteriAvis]

This comparison get even more apt when Mamadou say owls are flying cats and (in another video) crows are flying monkeys

[@tranquoccuong890-its-orge]

wait if human is the primate version of crow, then which hominid species is the primate version of parrot ?

[@SamONellaKrummlauf]

"The same bird that hunts hawks can get jumped by murder crows." That's why they're called a murder.

[@AnonamemusHacker-yk2dh]

They're actually called that coz they noticed that when a large number of men were walking in unison it usually meant there would be a buffet of corp-ses afterwards

[@AnonamemusHacker-yk2dh]

I'm referring to war

[@thedappermagician6905]

Yeah they'll officially be OP once their next update and patch gets installed into Earth.OS

[@DeadBirbIsDead]

@@AnonamemusHacker-yk2dh lol Few errors but it’s alri-

[@medicolkie3606]

@@AnonamemusHacker-yk2dh "hey jim, you see all those shiny dudes walking together?" "yeah why?" "these guys are walking food dispensers, just follow em a while and youll find dead food all over"

[@glennlaroche1524]

CasGeo for 13 min---owls are demonhellmonsters CasGeo at the end---floofbirb does a bath

[@kellywalker1664]

They have the best of both worlds; kyoot AND scary.

[@John_Weiss]

@@kellywalker1664…like a kitty!

[@missnaomi613]

Here's to the demonhellmonster floofbirbs! ❤

[@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378]

Also: Oh Hi!

[@kizunechao279]

​​@@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378 THAT owl in particular is a hellmonster floofbirb. Looks and acts cute as a button, does and creates some truly freaky stuff. (Ex. THAT art.)

[@Eli.E.E]

I’m so glad you did a video on owls. They (specifically barn owls) have always been my favorite birds. Because I grew up on the Guardians of Ga’hoole books.

[@madisonsosa21]

It's thabkes to that series thay Barn Owls are my favorite. Their screech doesn't scare me at all

[@HellsFurby]

SO DID I omg haven’t heard those books in ages, but I remember straight up CRYING over how beautiful the movie was.😅

[@Kloiyd]

I have not heard anyone mention that series in so long. Literally was my favorite book for years 😂

[@spidermandoesntdodrugs]

Barn owls are my favorite because of that series, but great horned, snowy, and barred owls are really awesome too this book series made owls one of my childhood hyper fixations lol

[@Roseoaxillaris]

Same here!

[@susanparker7660]

"Owls are what happens when you give honey badgers Red Bull." Perfect description!

[@gamemeister27]

I have an owl story. My uncle lives in the woods in rural Wisconsin, and is an avid hunter. A couple years ago during deer season, he wakes up before the crack of dawn to get ready, while another uncle of mine is off in the woods. First uncle finishes waking up and such, and heads outside into the deer blind they have set up. No sooner than he takes a seat does a gigantic owl burst through the entrance, land with talons dug into his thighs, and start screaming right in my uncle's face. Naturally, my uncle starts screaming too, still half asleep and trying to process a bird with wings large enough to touch opposite walls of the deer blind at the same time that is now shrieking directly in his face. Within a few seconds, the owl took off, and within a minute, my other uncle burst into the blind because he heard distant screaming. Later, the first uncle ran told the story to a guy who turned out to be an ornithologist. Apparently, my uncle got kinda lucky, cause an owl that big could have sunk its talons over a quarter inch deep into his legs. Edit: Ha, hearing that owls with yellow eyes are usually diurnal makes perfect sense! This one had big ol yellow peepers.

[@RapaxGuardian]

There is a reason that a widely-accepted theory for a woman's unexplained death is that she was attacked by an owl. Kathleen Peterson was her name.

[@randomnameexev2591]

that a cool story, owls are just like that tho lol

[@vampcat260]

Great story ❤ You're a natural story teller. Really enjoyed it!

[@kellywalker1664]

Two stories, but short. A hoarder friend of my dad got a screecher in his basement (I mention 'hoarder' in case anyone is confused about the logistics of that situation). Anyway, we were able to catch it with two looped fishing nets and as we brought it out back to let it loose we stole a few pets off its back below the head. That stuff about stealth flying? Microfiber towels and fine silk feel like burlap compared to those feathers. A neighbor friend found a skunk in the snow on her lot that had its skull ripped open and the brain removed. Yes, horned owl talons can do that and they're impervious to skunk spray (no olfactory). On warm summer nights I occasionally hear skunk screams (they make rabbit screams sound like ASMR), it's usually territory disputes or owl predation. One was so sad to hear because after the initial scream I only heard a pathetic gurgle as a follow up. 😢

[@yamihikarilightdark9]

Holy crap 😨

[@feuerling]

9:16 that first clip has jackdaws, the second clip has two different (sub)species of crows working together, so we can conclude that corvids really hate owls.

[@bluesbest1]

That's some Godfather level hate. "You mess with the family, you get the whole Family."

[@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434]

not really wrong since owl can snatches sleeping bird silently and the victim cannot attack it, due to poor visibility (yup nearly all diurnal birds cannot see well during night)

[@JordanR1621]

I have two or three Barred owls living in the woods behind my house and every once in a while you can hear them getting into it with the crows. Barred owls have a crazy call and when the crows descend and pick on them the noises are wild

[@pyrascheme]

Owls are scary only until you hold one, the affection an owl gives you when you feed it a live cricket is beautiful

[@Septumsempra8818]

African folkstory: The owl was once the king of the birds. He was feared for being the bird with horns and whatever he commanded all the other birds did. But one day as he was being cleaned by his servant plover, he was bragging about something he never did and moved his head too much. He accidentally moved his horns into the plover's beak, but instead of hurting the plover, everyone saw that his horns were just feathers. They bannished the owl as punishment for tricking them all into being his subjects. And that is why the owl flies alone at night. 🇿🇼🇿🇦

[@sleeplessindefatigable6385]

Unexpected but entirely welcome bit of culture in the comments. That's really quite interesting to know, thank you.

[@deathandcats]

I collect folktales, folklore, myths, and stories as one of my lifelong hobbies, and I'm excited to tell you I hadn't heard that one before! Thank you for posting 😊😊

[@KingofAwesomness14]

good note! Did you know Ra's depiction is like that of an owl? The Eygptian God ra is an owl!

[@pacowallochenkenrick]

@@KingofAwesomness14huh, I would’ve thought he’d be a falcon of some sort

[@kohlinoor]

@@pacowallochenkenrick Ancient Egypt already has Horus, a falcon-headed diety sometimes depicted as a full falcon.

[@RoboJules]

I remember a great horned owl who lived near a local collage who flew down and perched near me a handful of times during the evening. We'd stare at one another with a sense of mutual admiration. I don't know why he kept doing that - maybe he considered me a friend, maybe he was curious, or maybe he was an old soul greeting me from beyond the veil. In any case, he was an absolutely beautiful bird and I'm thankful that we shared some quiet moments together.

[@patrickjanecke5894]

Or maybe it was expecting you to give it a dead rabbit.

[@skallywalla502]

That's beautiful. I'm so glad you had that experience. Thank you for sharing that.

[@andrewmorris483]

@@patrickjanecke5894 I read that as a dead hobbit.

[@revenevan11]

Beautiful story and writing, thanks for sharing it! These birds really do have a sense of magic about them 😊

[@Phantomphan613]

​@@andrewmorris483 I wouldn't be surprised if some species of owl can eat hobbits

[@issytheamateurnerd9877]

Oh hey a new Casual Geographic vid- WHAT THE F*CK IS THAT?! Edit: Oh it's an owl, whaddya know.

[@geekymetalhead5112]

If you haven't said that once on this channel, you're on the wrong video 😂😂

[@issytheamateurnerd9877]

​@@geekymetalhead5112 I've been a fan of this channel for years and this is so true

[@geekymetalhead5112]

@@issytheamateurnerd9877 Same man

[@amandavelvet5410]

@@geekymetalhead5112Sure, but the freak was fast on that one.

[@MX.Unicorn1999]

You must be new

[@ImaGenius40]

There used to be a family of burrowing owls that lived in a plot of land before it was developed over. For anyone who didn’t know, they can mimic the sound of a rattlesnake tail in order to scare potential predators off. It used to be so awesome when I’d walk past with my dogs and you’d just see these tiny little birds coming in and out of the ground. And hearing the rattling was a good sign they were there too.

[@SquidTheTentacle]

I can personally say that barn owls do actually sound like someone being murdered. I was about six or seven when I went to go see the northern lights with my family when it kinda passed through my state, and I literally thought someone was getting their soul evicted from their body

[@Peplepleser]

Btw it’s barred owl

[@SquidTheTentacle]

@@Peplepleser oh, I just realized it autocorrected. Thx my guy

[@sabra.waffles]

​@@Peplepleserlate but barn owls are the ones that make the crazy noises?

[@vez3834]

​@@Peplepleser wrong species There is the family of barn owls and the species (common) barn owl. They are found very widely throughout the world. Then there is the barred owl, part of the true owl family. They are only found in parts of North America. Mostly the eastern half of the US and the western coast of Canada.

[@vez3834]

​@@SquidTheTentacle just as a heads up: it is the barn owl, not the barred owl like that one guy tried to correct you

[@scooterberry0605]

Owls in the wild: nightmare fuel murder machine Domesticated owls: feathered cat

[@ДАРТАНЬЯН-з2щ]

cats are also nightmare fuel murder machine ( only for small birds and rodents so ).

[@ShantalhaitianPrincess]

same thing as wild cats lol

[@mr.boomguy]

@@ShantalhaitianPrincess And just as silent (well. Owls may be more, but still)

[@ElegantHope]

there's no domesticated owls- only tame. not enough time has passed for domestication, and not every animal can be domesticated since there's a lot of factors that goes into domestication. domestication takes ages and results in a change in traits. meanwhile a lot of the owls you see people in possession of are either taken from the wild, or relatively recently descended from wild ancestors that were taken from the wild by humans. they're usually exposed from a young age to humans in a way that makes them typically see humans as friendly and food sources, maybe form a bond if the species is social enough. it's not really any different than when people own big cats, crocodiles, apes, or other very exotic pets (that really shouldn't be pets)- they're not domesticated, they're just tame.

[@scooterberry0605]

@@ElegantHope there's always one

[@HeWhoMurksWithOneLeap]

Wow... Was not prepared for that scream.

[@HappySmilingDog-d7u]

me too, i fucking forgot what i opened and heard this, like wtf????

[@gadsonirishura4218]

Same

[@maryjane4432]

I live at the base of two mountains with a zoo and a national forest/state park. Owls are scarier than big cats in my opinion!

[@wilsonsecaur1015]

what kinda eldritch horrors

[@Chiliknees]

jumped

[@koriw1701]

6:44 They did this sound test with feathers on the floor and while the other birds did as you might expect, not a single feather was disturbed underneath the owl's flightpath.

[@MeowingCat835]

The death with wings, really

[@seangray8585]

I love owls. One description I've heard for them is: "cat software in bird hardware" Nature showing that there's more than one meta.

[@forsagebone]

That is a perfect description 😂

[@CD-Gaming]

I like them even more now, myself! In fact, they're even a symbol for my hometown, the city of Leeds, featuring on our Coat of Arms!

[@tvrkm6897]

The chinese word for owl apparently translates to "cat-headed eagle" or hawk or something like that.

[@nujevad28]

Owls are cats like Parrots are dogs.

[@maguffle]

​@@nujevad28I like that

[@arkt1k330]

"same test, same solution; that's convergent evolution" is a brilliant line and i'm stealing it

[@johnokumu9069]

in art, stealing is the highest signal of praise, not stealing is the highest form of pity.

[@ablah949]

@@johnokumu9069 You mean "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness"? 🤣 I don't know what art you do that stealing is a sign of praise lol

[@johnokumu9069]

@@ablah949 "When people are free to do anything, they imitate others" Looking this phrase up will help you understand this human behavior/social dynamic with a broad view, something is mediocre precisely because it is not original or is average (it is the same thing replicated in a formulaic way by half the people/masses in an effort to be/feel/share in that greatness). Narrowing it down to art this is observed in music where popular songs are very formulaic. In movies the formula has a name (Hero's Journey) ... I'm in fine art, in this space you have various art styles (realism, abstract, cubism etc) where there is one great person who starts something/a movement. If it has a wide enough appeal it becomes adopted by the masses (popularity) and most importantly unlike scientific inventions can't be patented. In human behavior/ social dynamics, greatness is rare and more likely to be initially rejected/ridiculed unless/before it becomes mediocre (widely adopted/standard) this is due to various psychological factors/cognitive biases one of them being familiarity which breeds comfort. Mediocrity is relatable and thus forms and strengthens social bonds but greatness doesn't even though humans prefer to think of themselves as original, great, or above average)

[@Nariasan]

In Japan (I live there), owls are mainly adored for being cute. It's part of the whole "kawaii" culture we've got going. We have moved past the cat cafes into owl cafes (and hedgehog cafes, and piglet cafes, and I think I once saw a lemur Cafe in Tokyo...) There is a fixation on any animal that can be cutified and turned into an adorable chibi drawing. (Which is how the naked mole rat gained a following in Hyogo.)

[@kohlinoor]

I hate the idea of chaining owls to perches indoors in an urban setting so much, cuteness aside. The commodification of exotic animals should be more regulated worldwide.

[@Cure_Hana]

Real life birds terrify me to no end, yet Rowlet is ironically one of my favorite Pokémon starters for how round and fluffy it is. 😂

[@lycadia]

I have seen footage from a Racoon Cafe as well!

[@Cure_Hana]

@@lycadia How does that even work? Raccoons get pretty mean when provoked.

[@Nariasan]

@@kohlinoor I completely agree with you. Animal welfare laws (or rather the lack thereof) in Japan horrifies me tbh. I really, really wish animals were treated like the actual living beings they are and not cute accessories (even house pets are valued more as accessories than companions for many people).

[@f5tornado831]

Recently, my mom spotted an owl nest in a forest near where i live, and when i went to go see it, the owl and its children were being attacked by crows. He wasn't lying about that rivalry.

[@Nzcade]

Duolingo has arrived to your location.

[@FERO-LABS_PRODUCTIONS]

Duolingo I promise I did my Spanish lesson

[@Villafaneistrulyawesome]

I’m going to do my dutch

[@jasiahvazquez3649]

I won't do my Spanish today. What u gonna do Duo

[@Ominous_Odyssey]

I deleted my account ages ago. You cant hurt me anymore.

[@BobbieDeBird]

@@Ominous_OdysseyOnly a fool would think that they’re safe from *it*

[@longWriter]

@9:40 "An owl can change its Facebook status to 'nevermore'." That was AWESOME! Whoever writes your lines deserves a raise!

[@CHR-0-MA]

Pretty sure he writes his own stuff

[@longWriter]

@@CHR-0-MA In that case, _he_ deserves a raise!!

[@shep9231]

Amen!

[@aluckson]

He writes his own lines 😂

[@konradk1066]

He has the BEST commentary on the internet, lol. "Pigeon Paralysis Demon", "Air Drop you into God's inbox", "Put you on a shirt"... lol.... I started a notes app just compiling all his ways he describes death

[@KieraAAG]

"i can't tell you how many licks it takes you to get to a tootsie pops G-spot, but it takes two fingers to get to a hoot Ninja's control center" what the fuck is that sentence

[@Jasons_Argo]

Pure genius! That’s what kind of sentence that is. Now it gets to live in your mind rent free whenever you see an owl… or a tootsie pop.

[@Nanomano2864]

It's poetry that's what. 👌

[@ecembrew]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@colorbugoriginals4457]

A thing of linguistic beauty 😭

[@adbrown10]

r/brandnewsentence

[@lynn6799]

My husband moved a little owl off of the road one time so it wouldn't get hit. It was absolutely adorable given how little it was. I've also had an owl fly through our front yard. If i hadn't seen it, i never would have known it came through. They are truly silent. We have heard the calls of a barn owl down a few houses from us.

[@glowingtrashpanda]

Owls were my Grandma’s favorite animal (mine too because of her). She LOVED them & collected a ton of owl stuff. I have a lot of her owl stuff (statuettes, wall hanging she made herself, tons of little owl figures, art, stuffed owls, etc) now since her & Grandapa have both passed. Barn owls were my Grandma’s favorite owls followed closely in second by Snow Owls. She grew up with them living in the top her her family’s barn, she said she even made kinda-friends with some of them by leaving them little treats & stuff for them to make nests with & her family didn’t mind since the owls kept the mice from overrunning their barn in the winters. I like to think Grandma’s spirit lives on through owls, especially after one stopped me from getting into a bad car accident. I had had a fight w/my now ex-husband (married at the time) & went to a conservation area near my place to get some quiet & to think. It had snowed a few days before but it was all mostly melted except in shady spots. Well, I was admittedly going way too fast down the gravel road in the middle of this conservation area (mind you this is in the middle of nowhere-the closest houses were miles away, the closes ambulance would be at least 30 mins away & there was spotty cell service at best). Most of the road had been ok but now I was in a section that had a lot of tree cover so there was still snow/ice on the road. All of a sudden this beautiful little owl flew down in front of the car & landed in the middle of the road. Of course I hit the brakes & this little owl just sat there staring into my soul. We stared at each other for a few minutes before it let out a little hoot & flew off. I slowly got going again & just up the road past where the owl had been was a blind turn I hadn’t seen through the trees & it was basically solid ice. I would have flown off the road & crashed with nobody to hear me scream for help & no cell service, had that little owl not made me pause, I could very well be dead right now. Owls fucking rule & I miss you Grandma

[@PeaceJourney...]

That little one was your Grandma, watching over her little one. You felt it.

[@kyonkochan]

Awww that's sweet. My grandma had a collection of owl stuff too since she also like them. I have one of her many little owls I put out to keep watch for bad spirits.

[@darkdragoness5]

That's very sweet. I recently lost my mother to cancer, and she loved owls, so your story gave me hope that she's with her beloved birds.

[@ishabv89]

"70 percent of Earth is water , you're not from Earth if 70 percent of the world does *this* to you" GENIUS !

[@stolensentience]

~“If 70% of the earth does this to you, you’re not from it”

[@pastaandmashedpotatoes7494]

Allow me to be a rlly annoying for a second 70% of the earth's surface is water (imagine 70% of the earth's surface doing that shit to you lmao)

[@StonedtotheBones13]

Bruh 70% of the Earth kills us too 😂

[@ishabv89]

@@StonedtotheBones13 atleast i look earthly while dying 🤣✨

[@StonedtotheBones13]

​@@ishabv89do we tho?

[@ChicagoFaucet.etc.]

That thing about the prehistoric owl is no joke. Paleontologists have found the remains of early humans in what would have been those owls' massive nests. In most cases, there was a triangular hole in the human skull, making paleontologists believe that the owl would kill the humans by piercing the skull first, and then haul away what they could.

[@suspiciousstew1169]

Those things must have been menaces Goddamn

[@raminybhatti5740]

How large would they have been relative to early humans?

[@RainingPouringSnoring]

😢

[@jyripeltola5904]

@@raminybhatti5740 Depends alot on the type of human. There have been ones that grew to be the size of 5year olds today and ones that would be huge men today,

[@ErutaniaRose]

Based on the plethora of fantasy games I have played that have giant owls as enemies...yeah, makes sense.

[@BlueSodaFox]

I actually met a great horned owl once. He was really sweet once you got past how loud he screeched when you got two close.

[@lorchid23]

A few months ago, my hubby & I noticed a large owl perched atop my hubby’s 49’ HAM radio tower, watching us as we worked in our vegetable garden. It was truly incredible and somehow sent shivers up both our spines. Dude really was judgmental as heck…

[@robertdaniels-lane7321]

“I don’t even think I really need t- Australia” Australia never seems to disappoint 🔥🤣

[@CD-Gaming]

I'm beginning to wonder if we should form an intervention group for Australia...

[@slwrabbits]

I'm always wondering if it's Australia or Madagascar. Wish more people would spotlight Madagascar, their animals are just weird.

[@themanthemyththelegenda]

Like?

[@slwrabbits]

@@themanthemyththelegenda Tenrecs. Lemurs. Fossa.

[@Romit12]

​@@CD-GamingThe last time we tried to intervene we were destroyed by Ostrich rip offs

[@Ksrwilhelm]

A boreal owl crashed into our window when i was a kid. It was seemingly unhurt apart from a concussion. We kept it indoors a couple of days and fed it steak and ground beef until it was well enough to be released.

[@roleygenius]

U rich rich! Steak and ground beef for a random bird! Where u live? I’m hungry fam 😂😂😂

[@Zai_PlayzX]

​@@roleygenius Fr!

[@itshel2677]

Oh that was just Errol

[@Ostr0]

Congratulations it will now consume all human life through generations of it's new family line

[@roleygenius]

@@Ostr0 stop smoking K2 and leaving comments 😂😂😂

[@camo2156]

3:34 is actually a eurasian eagle owl, followed by footage of a great horned owl, they are both eagle owls in the genus Bubo though (i am pedantic but I enjoyed the video)

[@ridesq]

My guinea pigs froze mid-eating when they heard the barn owl screech. Terrifying.

[@louiebee3900]

So did my dog

[@LorenIpsum75]

Guinea Pigs? One man's pet is another man's main course. In Peru, they're called "cuy" or "dinner". TMI. 😵‍💫

[@spastickitty4383]

Dude I FROZE mid-BREATH when I heard that unholy screech

[@Chance777_00]

Woulda something the size of my balls be scared of any loud noise? 😭😭🤯

[@DanGamingFan2406]

First we had "Thourgh purpose, not perfection: that's natural selection." And now we got "Same test, same solution: That's convergent evolution." Educating us while dropping hot bars, I love it. I can't wait to hear what line for the Casual Geo Rap gets dropped next. Also, congratulations one reaching the like goal on the elephant video so fast. I hope you have fun at the sanctuary.

[@watershipup7101]

I would totally listen to such a rap.

[@genjis5155]

He do be spitting bars.

[@kingace6186]

For real.

[@sonorasgirl]

I used to work with owls (barn and Great Horned) at my local zoo. They were some of my favorites - once you got them on the glove they’d puff up, flatten their feathers, and snuggle into your chest. They do this with trees to blend in with the tree trunk, and instinct kicked in and made them treat our torsos as a tree trunk and do the same thing. They were so sweet and fun

[@mamoros56]

Your narration is hilarious and right on! I ❤ owls and have known some personally. I used to volunteer on the Raptor Team at a local wildlife rescue. We cared for the non-releasable raptors who were ambassadors for their kind and provided much-needed wildlife education. These birds are amazing! We had a Great Horned Owl who had been raised from a chick by humans who fed her a very bad diet. She became afflicted with rickets and couldn't fly, so we put a leash on her jesses and took her for walks. She loved it! We exercised the birds capable of flight by using food to have them fly between volunteers using falconry techniques on a line. They are so intelligent and fascinating. I loved and miss those days! ❤🦅🦉❤

[@antonioferrari241]

11:45 Not only that, but unlike just any other bird of prey, where the elder chick bullies the younger ones to submission, barn owl chicks genuinely take care of each other, giving surplus food to their younger siblings

[@witherslayer8673]

aw... thats wholesome! :)

[@peekaboo1575]

I never knew that. Quite sweet.

[@Loktuzov]

I guess Kludd didn’t get the memo.

[@Poocas]

i het you

[@tenchraven]

Barn owls are also super socialized, they have spent too many hundreds of generations hanging out with us. They've picked up on some of humanity's survival strategies.

[@annakalkman552]

"Most cryptids are probably just owls" is my new favorite headcanon

[@MidnightDarkness666]

There's a planetology / archaeology KZbinr called Trey The Explainer that's done videos on several cryptids. He has a running gag that all cryptids are either Owls or dead Basking Sharks and his followers even invented the Basking Owl to go along with the joke.

[@HiopX]

go watch "Trey the Explainer"

[@volteer1332]

At least the flying ones. Chupacabra is almost certainly a mange coyote, and sasquach is probably a bear or just a guy in a suit.

[@jktech2117]

​@@volteer1332seems like the chupacabra are just sick coyotes

[@mollusckscramp4124]

Imagine if most accounts of alien abduction are really just someone who saw an owl during a sleep paralysis episode 😂

[@hatt3rene]

You've done cats, you've done owls, now you must complete the trilogy by doing a video on mantises

[@edie4321]

Dragons, please!

[@CaptLuser]

mantises are cool but they’re not in the same group as owls and cats. the bug version of those animals would be a jumping spider

[@vanessaatalanta2475]

what about the underwater world? also what are the cats of the underwater world? octopi?

[@venusstar2963]

​​@@vanessaatalanta2475Nah, most species of Octopus get bodied by most of the ocean, including by literally themselves.

[@925263]

And? The comparison isn't about them being OP, but weird and unique, which means octopuses qualify.@@venusstar2963

[@seabumbb3067]

"Without divorcing their heads the Antoinette way" receives my thumbs up! You sure make some great videos, sir.

[@baritone_vocalist]

The fact that you can't even hear them while they are flying makes them even more sinister than they appear🦉

[@dragoncubes1074]

You can tell an owl feather from any other bird because it has fuzz all over, not just at the edge. Very soft, very quiet.

[@draconicdemigod9696]

Owls and Corvids fighting is basically Athena and Odin fighting to see who is the true god of wisdom.

[@TheCrimsonElite666]

Meanwhile we have Morrigan and Lilith Aensland from Darkstalkers. Morrigan is named after The Morrigan in Irish mythology who's associated with crows while Lilith in Abrahamic theology is associated with owls.

[@SUTRASATURN]

​@TheCrimsonElite666 Isn't there a Morrigan character in Dragon Age Origins too? It's been years since I've played it but it sounds familiar.

[@msk-qp6fn]

You could argue it's a fight between Athena and Apollo if you want to stay in the same pantheon (Apollo created a white raven as a gift to the princess Coronius).

[@FernBlackwood1995]

@@SUTRASATURN She’s based off the Mórrígan, yes.

[@blueyed_panda]

@@SUTRASATURNyes there is

[@avacornthelastponybender8583]

Casual Geographic: "Water destroys an owls feathers" The Owl at the end of the video here 13:00: "This sentence wouldn't stop me because I can't speak English!"

[@argentpuck]

Worth pointing out that he said it destroys their flight capability, not the feather itself. Without the waxy coating that most birds' feathers have, they can fly quieter than insects, but it means the feathers absorb water. So they're no opposed to water, but most likely to bathe when they're feeling secure they won't need to fly 'til they dry off.

[@miriamrobarts]

@@argentpuck Yes, and the owl at the end was only taking quick dips in the water so it wouldn't get too soaked.

[@hyomin_live_4_heichou]

“I can’t speak English!” *Confused unga bunga*

[@iheartcartoons1786]

Can I just appreciate that in your newer videos, you’re adding a segment on the end why the featured animal should be appreciated? Thank you for educating while also accounting for any accidental fear-mongering!!

[@user-le4bo1id1y]

after the 1st harry potter movie came out, a report came out stating that owl sanctuaries and zoos were getting all these calls from parents wanting to get their kids an owl. the kids wanted an owl for a pet because harry and ron have owls. they had to do a report to remind people that 1 - having an owl as a pet is illegal unless you're a sanctuary or a wildlife rehabilitator. 2 - they make TERRIBLE pets. they are very loud and they eat anything they can kill which could mean you're small cat or dog. i am always reminded of this story whenever i think of owls

[@John_Weiss]

That's more an example of How Humans Are Uttlery Stupid than anything about owls.

[@ThirtytwoJ]

One at my moms when i was 14 had me more afraid than ive ever been. Posted story here. 2 months later im hangin out with it on the roof. But im the type that made friends with a wild bobcat when i was young enough to be dinner, freaked my dad the f out.. til he realized i was givin it belly rubs layed on my lap.

[@RooRoove]

I legitimately despise those sorts of people. 💀

[@discordiacreates6669]

​@@John_Weisssadly the same thing happened with clownfish and Finding Nemo, except clownfish aren't illegal to keep and to this day, the occasional human of all time still thinks it's a good idea to buy one and stick it in fresh water. Fish... Can't fine tune their salt regulation, the process is either off for freshwater or on for saltwater and only a select few have a control switch or dial so it's a good thing no kids could get pet owls but sad history keeps repeating itself with such stories

[@user-le4bo1id1y]

@@discordiacreates6669 dam....i didn't know that. wtf....

[@RobinMarks1313]

One day, while out hunting, I went into a thicket and came eye to eye with a Great Horned Owl. Since, it was low in the trees, the owl was sitting only a foot or two above me and about ten feet away. I stopped on a dime and was shocked by its beauty and its giant eyes staring back into mine. I stood mesmerized for a long time because I didn't want to move and scare it away. Eventually, I noticed a fallen log and decided I'd sit down and try not to spook it. I stayed there for about half and hour. The owl soon got bored of me and was looking around and wasn't bothered by my presence. Finally, I said goodbye and wondered off. In that snow covered wood, with the owl's grey, white and black coat, and its giant green eyes, I felt like I was in a dream world, a surreal fantasy. Because it was so amazing, it didn't seem real.

[@kellywalker1664]

Kewl. I was driving on a side street at night and saw the weirdest looking cat in a driveway, only it wasn't. Another horned owl; and because it didn't fly off I assumed it was injured. I got out knowing nothing about handling a injured raptor safely, so I walked up real slow trying to not look threatening. When I got too close it booked, and it had something in it's talons big enough to be a house cat (I hope not, even house cats carry owl-ending diseases). It went straight up the back up the driveway and its prize slapped up against the car windows like a rag doll as it went. I was stunned, but also had a good laugh. 😮😅

[@gormnykreim8650]

I've been mesmerized by Great Horned Owls twice in the daytime, spending more than an hour watching them both times. The first was on a power line in an abandoned neighborhood in Pasadena, and since its head was under one wing and feathers in all directions, I thought it was a porcupine until I'd circled around it twice (probably its intention) Second time on a hiking trail about eight feet away 😍

[@DeathMetalDerf]

That's an awesome story! Thanks for sharing this! Owls are one of my favorites, and for Christmas last year I was gifted falconry lessons by my incredible wife who knows just how high on the bucket list "hang out with an actual owl on your arm" really is. I'm so excited because the place has several owls, and while I'm excited to learn about the other hawks, falcons, ravens and so on, they are already aware of my thing for owls and they've said they have a very special day planned for me. If I get to chill with a snowy or screech owl, I'll probably just melt!

[@TobiasTurkelton]

​@@DeathMetalDerfThat is an *awesome* xmas gift! Clearly, your wife really "gets" you.

[@ChuckyRed06]

MAAAN STOP CAPPIN 🤫🤫🤫

[@dinodare1605]

The barn owl scream is one of those animal sounds that isn't done justice by video recording. I took an ornithology course where we got to watch one being banded... When they aren't happy, everyone on the prairie knows.

[@IcyFlame606]

"If this is what 70% of what the world does to you I have to assume you're not from it" cold, bro.

[@lisacarter6096]

If an owl killed the lady in the house the owl should have still been in the house, unless it was able to open a door.

[@Moreshrimp]

The drenched owl is a mood that all of us have felt at least once

[@chillenthusiast6169]

I love owls. They’re great for neighborhood pests, have super cool adaptations, and are super meme-able. Not to mention how they can simultaneously be adorable and SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH

[@thecrepeofdeath]

I love having them around, it's awesome to hear them calling to each other at night. we have a mated pair of barred owls that serenade each other every year, it's really sweet

[@lycieae8879]

Owls may be seen as omens of bad things to some people, but my great grandma got me to think they were like the librarians of birds and now I just think of knowledge when I see them

[@AndryanaCat]

"Support your local sky-cats" is now one of my favorite lines of all times!

[@linneathesystemsdruid308]

Owls silent feathers were my favorite thing as a kid. There was this owl that lived at the nature center near where I lived that wasn’t able to be rereleased into the wild for many reasons, one of them is that he lost the ability to fly silently. And when I was 4-7 years old I practically lived at this nature center, and my autistic ass memorized all the facts about owls, my favorite was how quiet they fly

[@nemeziz12]

This is basically the only channel where I learn new stuff in every episode. Your love and knowledge of animals is uncomparable. With sharp wits and comedy at that. Respect! Fun fact: (Maybe Casual already said it and I didn't register, but) An owl can even hear if a mouse is pregnant, by the multiple sounds of hearbeats.

[@zzodysseuszz]

7:04 goddamn the swag

[@aaronperalta3560]

12:09 "The Cats of Birds", holy heck that felt more accurate than a shot from a sniper rifle hitting the jackpot from hundreds of meters away.

[@professormultipurpose5244]

Man, Legend of the Guardians was the fucking OG, I remember seeing that movie when I was a kid and it made me OBSESSED with owls, to the point I even checked out the whole book series on Nook(anyone remember that?) Soren and his homies Gylfie, Digger, and Twilight will always hold a special place in my heart

[@andrewfortmusic]

Dude I reread Guardians of Ga'Hoole like every other month I loved that series so much!!

[@yamihikarilightdark9]

I remember reading the series! Kinda messed up looking back at it lol! The child kidnapping (and indoctrination, something about the moon?) and those sharp war talons. Awesome book series though! I’m sad mine got water damaged in a roof leak :(

[@patientnr.0409]

@@yamihikarilightdark9 And, you know, the great horneds doing great horned stuff...

[@dragonstouch1042]

I have found my people

[@SuperAmyRose01]

I was waiting for someone to mention The Legend of the Guardians: Guardians of Ga'Hoole ❤ I love that movie 🤩

[@NateyC214]

Thank you for including the Saw Whet! I volunteered at a wild bird hospital and we got one in. It was the most adorable tiny ball of anger I have ever seen. Totally thought it could take on the entire sanctuary staff, no issue. We also had a snowy owl for a short while and they're um... a lot bigger than I thought. Having predator birds in cages was weird, they just stared like they were the ones who came to see you. Edit: I forgot to include: The Saw Whet call sounds exactly like a rusty wheel and it drove the staff mad trying to find what needed oiling

[@mojojojo6400]

Lol at the statement....they stare at you like they are the ones who came to see you

[@SydneyWood-gy3tf]

I loved owls growing up. My 1st -12th birthday themes were owls, I had read a lot of books on them, even memorized facts about some of them. Snowy owls are my favorite. Super graceful-looking during flight. I’ll always have a soft spot for them.

[@walnzell9328]

The uninformed: Haha! An owl! Hoot hoot! The barn owl: You've just lost your ear drum privileges!

[@Stewartiscool]

When I was around 7 years old my grandpa, a mechanic, and I were at a park around evening time. We saw these 2 people looking a this big oak tree and when we went over there we saw a huge horned owl. My grandpa went to the old blue car and grabbed one of his welding gloves and since we had some KFC, he decided to hold out his arm and a drum stick. The great horned owl looked down then flew to his arm. The owl then landed on his arm, the one with the glove on, and ate the chicken. It was the coolest thing. The owl even let me pet him. According to my grandpa it weighed almost 4 pounds.

[@anna9072]

I came out one foggy morning, my chickens were pecking around in the orchard. As I walked towards them, an owl came swooping down from the other direction. Absolutely silent, and it was astounding how little there was to it. All wing, with a very slight bulge amidships. It was awesome. If I’d come out a couple minutes later, I probably would have had one less chicken and no idea why. As it was, he pulled off when I ran towards it.

[@Bathsaltt]

!!!!!oriental bay owl mention i LOVE the oriental bay owl….. they are just so peculiar and perfect

[@pimentinha1121]

CG: *tries to say the many ways owls are creepy and wierd* Me: Is BABY

[@aarrow5206]

My father has been seeing a powerful owl at the farm recently, there's cameras up trying to get a confirmed sighting as there hasn't been any proof of one in the area for over 20 years

[@supercyc10]

10:10 Yeeeah 😬 A regular hunter isn’t gonna be able to tell the difference between the barred and spotted owl from a distance

[@CapyMakesVideos]

If the duolingo bird did meth:

[@Opinioned]

Tbh I don’t think that’s a hypothetical scenario- 😂 Also I love ur pfp lol

[@Weeb-kt4rt]

bold of you to assume the duolingo bird doesnt do meth

[@CapyMakesVideos]

@@Opinioned thx. Also fun fact, This channel was actually created as a school project, where we had to make our own news reports

[@idrinkpastaforaliving_6269]

Trailer park Duolingo

[@CapyMakesVideos]

@@Weeb-kt4rt no no no. The bird does fentanyl. You should know better.

[@lazyvincy13666]

"Support your local sky cats" is definitely NOT a sentence I thought I'd hear today.

[@samvimes9510]

The crows mobbing the owl reminds me of mockingbirds. Cooper's hawks are _really_ common in my area and I frequently see them in my backyard. One day I saw one chilling in a tree, and this mockingbird was on the branch right next to it just screaming at the thing. The hawk didn't even do anything and flew off after a couple minutes, presumably because it didn't feel like dealing with that level of crazy.

[@Donika691]

like being screamed at by a "Karen"

[@arthurhex]

Bro’s talking up these owls like they’re so scary, adorable little sky kitties.

[@invadernik]

ive always really liked em. 11:40 has officially made me love em.

[@-processdrone-]

This script, and its delivery, are WAAAY up there! Stellar work dude! Much appreciation from a really old guy whose seen it all , but hasn't seen much approaching this.

[@mauritaschut8466]

I agree! His delivery is sublime.

[@lv4tmnt90]

Ya didn't mention cannibalism of their siblings. Young owls learning to live on their own often return to parents for a snack. Sometimes, that snack is their little siblings. 😢

[@simplybulisen]

In Sweden there was a case about 20 years ago where husband of Agneta Westlund was convicted of her murder, it later turned out she was kicked to death by a moose

[@malkuusha]

I just LOVE barn owls. They look so majestic, I don’t find them unsettling at all 🥺

[@megawl2086]

they're cool, but their screeches just obliterate ears

[@itshel2677]

Barn owls have a very "be not afraid" energy to them. I can see them giving someone an ethereal fear if that makes any sense. Together with mourning doves they're probably the most elegant looking animals I have ever seen.

[@eddypuentes6155]

I think they're cute ☺. Afraid 😨 is not in my vocabulary when it comes to barn owls 🦉. I'm more afraid of lions and tigers than I am of some barn owl 🦉. Lions and Tigers can kill you then eat you. Scorpions are creepy and some of the most venomous species can kill you if you don't handle them properly but there's no way to handle a hungry lion 🦁 or tiger 🐯 who are just out there in their natural habitat in a killing spree. They're one of nature's more feared carnivores, also one of the largest and most dangerous. At least with scorpions ♏ 🦂 serve a purpose when it comes to medicine since it's been proven very effective against life threatening conditions such as cancer ♋ 🦀 ..

[@moudahaddad1484]

​@@eddypuentes6155 cringe 🤢

[@99morphine]

​@@moudahaddad1484 bruh!!

[@DanGamingFan2406]

"Sky cats" is the perfect description for owls. My cat even does the same demonic scream as the barn owl, almost every morning for food.😂 Also, I can't believe how fast the goal for the elephant sanctuary visit was reached. Congratulations! I can't wait to see it, and I hope you have fun. P.S. How's progress on getting the elephant video back up?

[@watershipup7101]

My cat does the exact same thing if I don't wake up fast enough.

[@genjis5155]

That's going to be a fun one.

[@thusnameddigital9397]

That sounds terrifying.

[@Twisted_Rose96]

My family helped rescue and rehabilitate owls (and many other animals) when I was younger, it was really awesome. We had a rescue barn owl chick called Winter who we had to keep in our living room at first, and watching her grow from a creepy white fuzz ball to a fully fledged adult was nothing short of magical. She'd hop from the sofa to the coffee table, flapping her wings and sending down feathers flying everywhere, teaching herself to fly. Before we knew it, she was taking flight around the living room and even had a favourite curtain pole to chill on. She even broke our 50" TV by pooping down the back of it, safe to say the insurance didn't cover something like that... 🤣 eventually it was time for her to have more space, and so we built a super large aviary in the garden and filled it with lots of nature for her, and she absolutely loved it. We even got the opportunities to take her and our rescue Eagle Owl to events and educational activities, and seeing people's faces light up upon seeing the owls always made it so worth it. I even saw people who were absolutely terrified at first eventually come up to say hello and give them a little stroke of their chest, and seeing that fear turn to joy was always beautiful. Owls are incredible beings, they're fascinating and stronger than you'll ever imagine (I've had the brunt of both talons and beaks before, and it's never fun) and one thing I'd like to iterate, they're NOT pets. I was extremely fortunate to have grown up alongside rescue organisations which my family would aid, meaning we often had weird and wonderful beings in our care. So please, if you love owls, definitely go and support your local Owl, Falconry and Raptor trust. PLEASE PLEASE don't try and get one as a pet, as they'll be sourced from unsavoury people who you DO NOT want to support. This video was awesome though, thanks for giving owls your spotlight! ❤

[@reneemachuca3026]

0:01 hi timed people Also that noise will give me nightmares

[@joshuachristofferson9227]

I was always surprised that the small Screech Owl that visited us regularly would NOT get bothered by Crows, even as BlueJays (related to Corvid) would gang up on him to the point that their Cawing @ the Owl was what often alerted me that Archimedes was back (yes I named him LOL). I used to shoo the BlueJays off, & Archimedes would hang out, even at busy BBQ's, on the back Deck.

[@SchadenFloyd]

When I was younger and in college for my vet tech degree, I worked at an animal shelter. Two different counties’ Animal Control operated out of it. I got a reputation for being the border collie lady and one of the ACOs approached me about bringing my personal dogs to a very large state park to run the Canada geese off so their nests could be flagged and eggs counted and/or oiled. It lead to an odd relationship with the murder living in the park who would take the opportunity with the geese away to eat whatever random crap was left around as well as dropped dog treats from myself. I ended up giving them food periodically and they’d follow me from pond to pond as I worked. I even ended up being a pallbearer for one of their dead who was hit by a car and in the gutter. But there was also a great horned owl living in the park named Charles and Charles was closely studied by this scientist named Matthew. For years, he’s observed this owl as well as a handful of others living in the park and knows their various routines and temperaments. I recall one afternoon, as I was moving from one pond to the next, the guy hustled over to me and asked me if I could “keep my crows away” from a certain stand of trees as Charles was asleep in one and it’d be on-sight if they encountered one another. Idk what surprised me more-that he thought that I had that kind of influence over them or that he referred to them as “my” crows. Either way, I threw a bunch of dog food on the far side of the pond just to be safe.

[@cybersearcher1041]

Okay but befriending the crows and using that to help out a buddy and his friend owl is so damn sweet

[@sallymay3643]

Yr lucky the crows seen you as a friend. 🐦‍⬛ You should go back to that area with treats & see if yr remembered. Crows share stories with each other.🐦‍⬛

[@sallymay3643]

Are you sure they weren't Ravens? Crows are smaller & dont live in a murder. Yr aura & snacks made you their friend. ✌️🫶🤝

[@butterbeeeeee]

You need to start us more of this content. Please. I beg of you.

[@ТихінКістень]

In slavic world the owls are symbol of wisdom and old grumpiness, maybe because their contours resembled average elderly woman outfit? Who knows. I cannot remember much of their representation in folklore, but i do recall some myths about them being the bird symbol of constant eepy state

[@greekifreekifan870]

Babushka Bird

[@thunderflare59]

"The snowy owl is able to live in one of the most hostile places on the Earth." The Harry Potter universe?

[@SumeriyaYaxlaka]

5:02 and ppl wonder why ppl of the past beleived in ghosts

[@MrTrellheim]

A friend and me have the same "owls are just the cats of birds" joke going between us. Nice to see more appreciating our dear spirits of the night. (really, the order for owls is called Strigiformes. The name comes from the "Strix", a malevolent spirit and blood-drinker)

[@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434]

The name probably inaccurate since owl isn't vampiric but still describes owl haunting nature. And probably mothman and flatwoods monster actually just owl that seen by extremely terrified folk, thanks for the owl's unusual face that can be terrifying in low light condition and in certain angle too

[@VarangianGuard13]

The owl in the pool at the end almost looks like it's playing, and it's adorable. Another amazing video.

[@TheWhiteGyrfalcon]

Ours down here in NZ are the Ruru, and laughing owl, the latter is sadly extinct, but the call was so eerie. Ruru also called Morepawk cos the call they make, soubds vaguely like More Pork. Love owls, my fave is Hawk owl

[@stickman-sama]

9:33 that pun got me 😂😂😂