Posts tagged "owls"

"Hey, Gebra."
"What up, Fum?"
"I like you, Gebra. You know that, right?"
"Yeah, I know that, Fum."
"Even though my instinct is to grab you out of the air and kill you and eat you."
"I'm a bird and you're a cat. It's the way of things."
"My brain tells me you have to die, but my heart says we're BFF."
"We have things in common, though. For example, we're both predators."
"Yeah, right. What do you hunt? Worms?"
"No way; I eat mice."
"You like to eat mice?"
"I love to eat mice!"
"I love to eat mice! Hey, Gebra?"
"What up, Fum?"
"I feel very close to you right now."
"Yeah, I know, Fum. Me too."

Leave it to weird Japanese television to give us this funny video featuring an owl who transforms itself several different ways to ward off trouble. Faced with a sworn enemy, this barn owl puffs itself up to look enormous and threatening. But when a significantly larger owl comes its way, our Transformer Owl pulls a very different card, instead "elongating its body, flattening its feathers and squinting its eyes" in an effort to camouflage itself. And then there is his Count Dracula persona. You'll just have to see that for yourself.

Rounding up our favorite animal stories, photos, and videos on the web each week!

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  Holiday Pet Spoiling

  He wants that turkey. You know it; he knows it; the turkey knows it. So, instead of holding out and feeling guilty, throw him a few bones with this helpful guide from Petsugar. [via PetSugar]

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  Pilgrim Pets

  They've come on the Meowflower to land at Plymutt Rock, ready to share some Science Diet maize with the Indians. As with all dressed pets, cuteness levels are dangerously high. [via People Pets]

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  Owl Odd Couple

  Remember the movie "Twins" with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito? This is that in owl form. [via People Pets]

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  Squirrel Punishes Pooch

  Your baby is so cute. I just want to play with him and maybe bite him and eat him, but just a little bit. Ow! Why are you plunging your claws into me? Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Wait, where did you go? [via Dailymail.co.uk]

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  Black Friday Buy

  This Black Friday, there's going to be a huge rush on reindeer-poop jewelry. Oh, you didn't know reindeer-poop jewelry existed? Read this. [via AP]

This bird's eye view seems less than stellar.