Lovely Owl
February 13, 2012 10:50 AM Subscribe
A tiny owl getting a head rub. That is all.
This post was deleted for the following reason: A superb owl, but we've seen it. -- cortex
That was way too cute, I wouldn't have thought an owl would put up with that.
posted by Harpocrates at 10:54 AM on February 13, 2012
posted by Harpocrates at 10:54 AM on February 13, 2012
D'awwww!
That was almost cute enough to make me forget that owls are implacable and remorseless killing machines.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 10:56 AM on February 13, 2012 [6 favorites]
That was almost cute enough to make me forget that owls are implacable and remorseless killing machines.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 10:56 AM on February 13, 2012 [6 favorites]
This is the only relevant statement on the subject of cute baby owls.
posted by nutate at 10:56 AM on February 13, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by nutate at 10:56 AM on February 13, 2012 [1 favorite]
I totally read that wrong and had a very strange picture in my head for a second.
posted by swift at 10:56 AM on February 13, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by swift at 10:56 AM on February 13, 2012 [1 favorite]
Owls are totally the cats of birds. You can almost hear it purring.
posted by leotrotsky at 11:00 AM on February 13, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by leotrotsky at 11:00 AM on February 13, 2012 [2 favorites]
This may seem cute, but never forget: owls are relentless killing machines. This "cute" owl will one day betray its master and literally bite the hand that, we can assume, feeds it. It will be a violent affair. The owl will be wounded but will ultimately prove victorious. After finding a place to hole up and recover from the battle, the owl will hatch a plan to take vengeance upon humanity for the humiliation he received by having this video posted on the Internet for all to see. He will be coming for us. One by one, he will come for us all.
Never forget. Owls are killers.
posted by asnider at 11:01 AM on February 13, 2012
Never forget. Owls are killers.
posted by asnider at 11:01 AM on February 13, 2012
Sweet mother of God, I had no idea what I was missing by not being able to give owls headrubs. Another one for the bucket list. THANKS A LOT, Metafilter.
posted by WidgetAlley at 11:01 AM on February 13, 2012
posted by WidgetAlley at 11:01 AM on February 13, 2012
That was almost cute enough to make me forget that owls are implacable and remorseless killing machines.
Once we have Nyan-owl, the confusion will be complete!
posted by GenjiandProust at 11:01 AM on February 13, 2012
Once we have Nyan-owl, the confusion will be complete!
posted by GenjiandProust at 11:01 AM on February 13, 2012
Delta Force - is that the link you meant to post? Because that's the OP's link.
posted by tzikeh at 11:02 AM on February 13, 2012
posted by tzikeh at 11:02 AM on February 13, 2012
Previously Angry Birds.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 11:04 AM on February 13, 2012
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 11:04 AM on February 13, 2012
Oh, lucky owl. Would that we all had someone to rub our heads and make us feel so blissful.
posted by gusandrews at 11:04 AM on February 13, 2012
posted by gusandrews at 11:04 AM on February 13, 2012
Owl loves having his head scritched, makes happy chittering noises.
posted by tzikeh at 11:05 AM on February 13, 2012
posted by tzikeh at 11:05 AM on February 13, 2012
All that owl needs now is a dead bat and his day is complete.
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 11:08 AM on February 13, 2012
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 11:08 AM on February 13, 2012
Owls are the most puppet-like birds.
posted by Apocryphon at 11:13 AM on February 13, 2012
posted by Apocryphon at 11:13 AM on February 13, 2012
This was so cute that I want to get a baby owl and raise to it be a remorseless killing machine, bent on the subjugation of my enemies. I'll name him "Bitey".
posted by dotgirl at 11:16 AM on February 13, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by dotgirl at 11:16 AM on February 13, 2012 [1 favorite]
Anyone considering owning an owl as a pet should read this post. Consider this bit:
posted by fremen at 11:19 AM on February 13, 2012
And poop happens. A lot. In addition to "regular" poop (like most birds), owls also empty out the ceca at the end of their intestines about once a day. This discharge is the consistency of chocolate pudding, but smells as bad as the nastiest thing you can imagine. And it stains something awful. Keeping owls involves non-stop cleaning.Ummm, yeah... Cute or not, no thanks.
posted by fremen at 11:19 AM on February 13, 2012
Cute, huh?
Owls are the creepiest animal and have brainwashed you all
posted by palidor at 11:21 AM on February 13, 2012
Owls are the creepiest animal and have brainwashed you all
posted by palidor at 11:21 AM on February 13, 2012
Both cockatiels and parrots like getting their heads scratched very, very much, in my experience. Never tried it with a parakeet, but I bet they'd like it too.
My pet cockatiel, when I was a kid, would sort of mosey over and put his head down to ask for a scritch. He did it a lot. He actually sort of had a mutual-assistance pact with one of the parakeets... the parakeet would groom his head, and he'd groom the parakeet's belly. For that last bit, the little parakeet would flip himself 'inside out' on the outer bars of his cage, so that he was holding his back against the outer vertical bars, and the cockatiel would groom him.
It was very cute indeed, but I have no video to post, as this was long ago, well before the era of ubiquitous and cheap video recording.
posted by Malor at 11:22 AM on February 13, 2012
My pet cockatiel, when I was a kid, would sort of mosey over and put his head down to ask for a scritch. He did it a lot. He actually sort of had a mutual-assistance pact with one of the parakeets... the parakeet would groom his head, and he'd groom the parakeet's belly. For that last bit, the little parakeet would flip himself 'inside out' on the outer bars of his cage, so that he was holding his back against the outer vertical bars, and the cockatiel would groom him.
It was very cute indeed, but I have no video to post, as this was long ago, well before the era of ubiquitous and cheap video recording.
posted by Malor at 11:22 AM on February 13, 2012
Even if we have seen this one before, this was posted exactly when I needed a cute owl the most.
posted by Joey Michaels at 11:26 AM on February 13, 2012
posted by Joey Michaels at 11:26 AM on February 13, 2012
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