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submitted 2 months ago by anon6789@lemmy.world to c/superbowl@lemmy.world

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Since last Monday we've rescued seven Southern White -faced Owls, ironically everyone of them was hit by a car(not the same car) and everyone of them looks like they went a couple of rounds with Mike Tyson.

But these little characters are the Honey Badgers of the owl world, they're as tough as they come. Usually they just bounce off of cars and you'll seldom see a dead one on the road.

A couple of weeks in rehab for this little fella and then back home he goes.

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[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

Good example of their independent pupil dilation. You can see the eye in the sunbeam is less dilated.

Many comments of the original post took this as a sign of an injury, but this is actually a positive sign that all is likely working as it should. Since owl eyes are so large (the part inside their head is even bigger than how it looks from the outside!) they tend to get injured in an impact.

[-] earmuff@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months ago

Thanks for clearing that up, as with humans it is a symptom of brain injury

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Of course. I knew that would be one of the first things everyone noticed, and it's a good opportunity to point out that feature of their anatomy.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Man . . . I was all set to fret and fuss . . . And now I’m thinking “wait, why don’t people have independent pupil dialation?”

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well it was hit by a car, so you can still worry a little bit. 🫨

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Done. Get Well, Li’l Evander!

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

No reports of any ear bites! 😆

[-] tired_lemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Those eyes are definitely the defining feature for this photo. Looks fascinating and hope it recovers well.

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

See, now I saw a confident guy, kicked back in a smug pose, giving us the eye, somewhat like this stock image:

[-] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 2 months ago

ºvO

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

🤪

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

But these little characters are the Honey Badgers of the owl world, they're as tough as they come.

I love this. “Southern White-faced Owl do not give a f—k!”

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Link doesn't seem to work for me. Says yew tube. 🤔

The actual video number is good though and takes me to the proper video. That is a classic.

I'll have to check if Zefrank has an owl video. He does videos of animals in a similar fashion.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Its an Invidious instance, so it’s just a front-end to YT, but the videos should all be the same #, yeah

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Ah, thank you. Turns out it's my work wifi blocking Invidious. I hadn't heard of that so it just looked like a strange spelling error.

The more you know! 😁

[-] Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

That's just David Bowie reincarnated

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Can you hear me, Major Scops?

Here I am, riding in a cat crate...

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago

Those eyes are… intense.

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

He is intense!

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