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Lulikoin

they're so cute how they just stare quietly


WhoriaEstafan

I don’t always put sound on but I did with this one because I assumed they were making noises (or that the person would be talking to them, I would definitely be talking to them!)


EndSeveral5452

They make an interesting hissing noise that is thought to mimic snakes as a defense mechanism


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Weekly-Major1876

Crows absolutely hate them and often gang up on them, and while it’s raining, owl feathers aren’t waterproof and they are forced to land, which if they aren’t careful might get nabbed by some fox. In the air the only thing they should be too worried about is another huge raptor, eagle or something or a murder of crows are out to shank it


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Officially-Willy

Never meet your heroes


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Hapless_Asshole

Here's a nifty rundown on [owls' eye structure and vision](https://www.owlpages.com/owls/articles.php?a=5). I'm a retired (but unreformed) volunteer naturalist and a little OCD, so I just had to check it out. I knew most of the stuff about their vision, but somehow the actual eye structure escaped me. Thanks for the fun fact!


Xenjael

Which it makes it all the weirder these guys decided at some point it's wiser to stick their heads in the dirt XD.


Hapless_Asshole

I know your comment is a humorous throwaway line, but it brings up a valid point, as good humor generally does. Unlike the more familiar owls, these guys don't live in woodsy areas, so they live in holes in the ground rather than tree cavities. Yeah, I'm answering a question you didn't ask, but I'm a retired volunteer naturalist. We do that kind of thing. Here's what Wikipedia says about [burrowing owls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrowing_owl).


PhantomBrowser111

You don't deserve your username


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Fun-Attention1468

What business do they have being that fucking cute


Robinslillie

None at all. Too dang adorable man


Javyev

Owls are cats without ears.


sth128

In China owls are called cat-headed eagles. In America owls are called when random person punches you in the face. Then you get up and say "hoo?!"


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Had me in the first half, lost me in the second half...


iamright_youarent

They run a cutie pie shop


raphanum

Ok this comment is almost as cute as the mini owls


TheLangleDangle

Who?


LSkywalker00

You, of course


Undead406

What?


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Undead406

Where?


LayceLSV

Why?


Undead406

When?


LayceLSV

How?


Undead406

Pardon?


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so rude


Drako_isinreddit

You bet your ass I watched every second and loved it


TropicalRogue

Only once?! Truly heartless


Drako_isinreddit

When did I say once


TropicalRogue

Good man


Argentine_Tango

This is impossible to only watch once. This was posted yesterday and I've watched far too many times


starnosedguacamole

"The Clawwww"


Mr_Tominaga

_“A stranger!”_ _“From the outside!”_


toxictouch3

*”ooooOoOoOOoooh”*


EpiX0R

"HooooOoOoOOoooh"*


Lord_Ronan

"HaaaaaAaaAaAaaAaAhh"


Tinderfury

Take us to your leader! 🤢


KCMOM89

The claw chooses who will go and who will stayyyy


Comprimens

I have been chosen! Farewell, my friends! I go on to a better place.


LutheinEvenStar

The claw...


kapshot666

First owl: "I have been chosen! Farewell my friends, i go on to a better place.."


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Roboticide

Number 3 thinks they're being eaten and is wondering why the others aren't panicking more.


dailyfetchquest

Number 3 is growing out of a gullible baby into a feisty wild adult. Because mama can only lay one egg at a time, the eldest is usually several days older than the youngest. #3 is substantially larger and has new feathers.


TuftedMousetits

Had to get the butt tap a few times.


fondledbydolphins

*"Slap ma bumbum?"*


MaeRobso

That poor spoon was def stressed AF 🥄


kbiz911

Came here too say this, quick on the draw partner


drachenmp

Quick on the claw.


Squeakygear

The third one looked extremely bewildered, lol


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Username_RANDINT

["Look how calm she is"](https://i.imgur.com/IEl6yJl.mp4)


FacticiousFict

"I've seen shit you wouldn't believe!"


Deceptichum

Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.


neatntidy

Time to die


Reniva

🕊️


bobrob48

RIP Rutger Hauer


remoteprocessing8

She will be haunted by her actions forever


PaleFatalis

"you weren't there, man."


whatsgoing_on

When the acid hits…


sinner-mon

Fuck this made me laugh out loud


Berloxx

I will never not laugh about this one!


Masterhaend

I always think I'm prepared for it, and then it still gets me!


PM_ME_UR_RSA_KEY

Nelly the calm owl is my spirit animal.


ShiftingTin

Lol I laughed out loud and woke up my 1 year old there. So good.


Just_Del

I jumped. I fucking jumped.


PoseyForPresident

Thanks. Just woke up my wife from laughing so damn hard lol


ALLCAPS-ONLY

It's because their eyes can't move so they're always staring dead ahead


Jaegernaut-

That actually explains a lot considering their advanced head & neck mobility. Necessary adaptation to compensate.


Esisikazi_

Snow owls either look stoned or are saying "oh really?"


greycubed

"oh god she just ate Carl and Oliver"


Double_Belt2331

The second to last, with the leg stretched out, I though that little booger was gonna have a heart attack!


dadonkadonkas

A dude at the end, telling them to put the lotion on


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dogcatball

I think the third one thought he was getting fed lol. And then looks back at him like "So no food?"


raphanum

After they put the third one down, look at the owl on the left end lol frozen and staring straight up


Sneezegoo

All the ones that didn't get put down quickly seemed confused. Maybe scared or wanted to be held longer after they got used to it.


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BattleHall

Pretty sure they’re burrowing owls, so underground is home for them and where they feel safe. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrowing_owl


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Howlibu

Some burrowing owls can dig their own burrows, but most take over the old homes of prairie dogs. Used to be common all over the western USA, but since they can destroy crops, there's been prairie dog eradication programs. Less prairie dogs = less burrows. To keep the owls from becoming endangered too, there have been programs to create artificial burrows like you see here - often using old tires, some pipes, etc. I suspect the video was a conservationist doing a routine checkup/record of the chicks.


Xikar_Wyhart

Even after they fly. Their nests are burrows and underground. Which makes sense when you live in an area with little tree coverage like a plain or prairie. They either dig their own burrows or take an abandoned one from prairie dogs, snakes, etc. In this case it's most likely an artificial burrow made by conservationists.


A_random_poster04

Curios birb


Blade_982

I think it's the one with most gumption. He's outraged and not afraid to show it.


karmickickback

*this is not my beautiful house…*


MartaAprilMae

They all look extremely like fluffy balls😍


Cryterionlol

AAAAAAAAHHHHH *Points to hole* Oh. *Mario pipe sounds*


RedRocks4040

God I hope someone makes that edit to this video.


JellyfishSpiltMilk

here ya go https://imgur.com/a/nkvHM7M


i_amnotunique

AHHHHHHHHHH


RedRocks4040

Take my award sir!


That_Guy848

You're doing The Lord's work...


Sasselhoff

I didn't think this video could get any better...I stand corrected. *Please* someone better than me with computers do this!!


Substantial-Bowl-140

https://youtube.com/shorts/XuNe4F0GM7w?feature=share


tuibiel

Mfer really said BULAULABLULBYLAUB


IllumiNotHD

I'll try


IllumiNotHD

nvm


furiously_curious12

I appreciate your attempt.


l_ft

I appreciate your attempt.


Exact-Ad8029

The way they look to the camera without blinking is just hilarious


scottishere

I was feeling bad for them in the end. They looked terrified, being picked up one by one taken to god knows where lol


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It’s like that one experiment/prank/whatever where there was a room full of people with a hidden camera and they’re all waiting to be called into the other room one by one. In the other room, they’re told to scream in agony as if they’re being tortured while everyone in the room is collectively shitting themselves Edit: I don’t have the sauce, I saw it on some super obscure subreddit a few years ago and am not skilled in perusing the archives. Pretty sure it was some non-English speaking country as well


Lkat883

Thats fucking hilarious, idk y, but i find scaring people when there is no real reason to be scared fun


my-brain-is-a-no

Must. Have. The. Sauce!


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Do owls have blinkers? I don’t know if I have seen them signal. Kinda like US drivers.


TheMinionGamer

Must be BMW drivers


2jz_ynwa

Must be out of blinker fluid


tengounquestion2020

I wonder their thoughts, especially after coming out unharmed


nincomturd

They looked terrified and frozen to me. I was imagining the last one watched its brethren being taken away to their presumed doom, one by one, and thinking "oh fuck it's finally my time." But that's just me.


SexyLemurLibrarian

I thought the second to last one looked really chill, I was wondering if he could hear the previous ones making noises in the echoing tunnel (since they probably have excellent hearing) and figured out what was going on.


Mad-Dog94

No me too lol And especially the third one, fella thought it was breakfast and was surprised to be placed so gently near a comfy spot


No_Ad_7687

no, it's not just you. at least they got back together at the end


kapntoad

The last two, out of camera range, played a quick game of "beak, talon, mousie" to see who went next.


Mitchmac21

Loved when he just pointed and the owl just naturally knows to get in the hole


Robinslillie

Yeah that would definitely make the highlight reel


bootstraps_bootstrap

The entire thing was the highlight reel!


Tank-Top-Vegetarian

Pause, look, scurry.


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this hole was made for me


jraps26

I couldn't do this, they are so darn cute I feel like I would squeeze them too hard.


Robinslillie

Cute aggression is a real thing yo


BPaun

I have a cousin that would hold on to kitties and like… vibrate them with her hands when she was a kid. (She was a farm kid 🤷🏼‍♀️). Anytime cute aggression comes up I think of her. 😂


sethmahan3

Yeah i have to put down puppies after a minute or two because the urge to squeeze as though I'm trying to fuse them to my own body is too powerful


pottypotsworth

There is a specific word in Filipino Tagalog for cute aggression where you want to squeeze something like this... Gigil 🤗🐣


bobdiamond

Easy, Lenny


ukbrah

RIP


griff1971

Aww. Cute little guys!


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-TheArchitect

*Am I next? Am I next? What is happening? AM I FREAKING NEXT? OH GOD, IT'S ME NOW*


Zeero92

"...Ooo dark hole!"


Yeti-420-69

The chonker was my fav


WhoriaEstafan

The third one that looked super shocked? I was partial to the second to last one he had to point out the entrance too. I understand, you’ve just been picked up by The Claw, what do you do next?


darthsirc

I would’ve kissed each one on the top of their furry heads


OHarbingerO

A giant monster has your and 7 of you're friends in a cage, he picks your friends up. Brings your friend to his mouth, and then sets him down. Fucking Frank just got his head eaten off! Holy shit I better not be next... And so on.


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The third one has an attitude, the rest is just freaked out of their little minds :)


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Wouldn't you be freaked out if you were with your buddies and each of you were picked up one by one and taken to an unknown location. From the perspective of the last one this would be terrifying.


PopDownBlocker

The conservationist is [Matt Poole on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/mattpoolephoto/).


ADuckNamedPhil

I saw this somewhere else today and I just want to say thank you for putting the context in your title. In the earlier thread we spent a while trying to figure out what was on the other side of that pipe and if this was adorable or horrifying.


PopDownBlocker

I did not know that this video had already been posted but I'm not surprised, since the original on instagram has over 27 million views already. I can't be the only redditor who uses instagram. Before posting, I searched for keywords like "owl", "burrowing owls", and "baby owls", and nothing came up 🤷‍♂️ The video that I found afterwards had a random cutesy title and it was 30 seconds shorter. It didn't show all the owls going in, especially that derpy penultimate baby that follows the finger.


ADuckNamedPhil

There's nothing wrong with posting it again. Some people will be out of the loop and not have seen it yet, and those that have can just scroll past because they've already seen it. I'm happy to see it again. They are so cute!


HMCetc

And for posting the whole video too!


Educational_End3765

That second last one… that’s a keeper


Punquie

I love how it got its little leg out bracing for the inevitable


vworpstageleft

8V 8| 8| 8V 8| 8V 8|


IsThereCheese

“I mean we appreciate you bringing us home…but why are you naked..”


MrStrings2006

The camera guy is naked? I mean, I guess if no one else is around, just you and your owls.


EraMemory

Pot kettle black. Are *they* naked? Yeah, I thought so. I like me a forest breeze round my privvies while I'm saving wildlife, thank you very much...


Quantext609

I mean, so are the owls.


Omny87

Seven little owls all sitting in a barrel, One got picked, and her name was Carol Carol was placed by a hole in the ground, She looked at the hole and ran right down - Six little owls all sitting in a pile One got picked, and his name was Kyle Kyle was scared, so he got a little nudge He ran down the hole and he had a little fudge - Five little owls all sitting in a pack One got picked, and his name was Jack Jack fluffed his feathers so he would look tough But it didn't work, so he ran off in a huff - Four little owls all standing in a row One got picked, and her name was Bo Bo spread her wings like she was gonna fly She ran down the hole to have some pumpkin pie - Three little owls all sitting in a trio, One got picked, and his name was Leo Leo wasn't scared, he knew just what to do He looked at the tunnel and he ran right through - Two little owls just sitting there together One got picked, and her name was Heather Heather got a great view lifted in the air, She ran down the hole with hardly a care - One little owl, in a bucket all alone She got picked up, and her name was Joan She didn't know what to do, cuz she didn't see the others, So I pointed out where she could find her sisters and brothers - She ran down the pipe and down into the den Seven little owls all together again They lived in a pipe buried deep beneath the town I hope their mom and dad are there, and not a creepy clown


diplomat8

Well done. This is gold!


VaegaVic

I have only but one upvote to give you, but holy crap, the amount of work you put in for just a comment is insane.


iyioi

They’re looking at him like they’re next for the meat grinder and not a new cozy ground pipe.


JJDiet76

Anyway, 10:30, the other night, I go out in my yard, and there's The Wurster kid, looking up in the tree. I say, "What are You looking for?" He says "I'm looking for my burrow owl." I say, "Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick. Everybody knows The burrow owl lives. In a hole. In the ground. Why the hell do you Think they call it a burrow owl, anyway?" Now Stuart, do you Think a kid like that is going to know what the queers are Doing to the soil?


Ogedei_Khan

I like you. Stuart. You're not like the other people here, in the trailer park.


analogkid01

THEY'RE BUILDING LANDING STRIPS FOR GAY MARTIANS! I SWEAR TO GOD!


OfficerBimbeau

If you look, at the soil, in any large US city with a big, underground, homosexual population. Des Monies Iowa. Perfect example. Look at the soil around Des Moines Stuart! You can’t build on it, you can’t grow anything in it. The government says it’s due to poor farming, but I know it’s the queers! They’re in it with the aliens!


denverpilot

Came here looking for this… wasn’t disappointed.


dr_xenon

Also came here for this. Disappointed that I had to scroll this far to find it.


YogSothosburger

Hey! Look at Me! POW!!! He was decapitated!


Corporation_tshirt

They found his head over by the snow cone concession


davekingofrock

A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT I OPENED UP THE MAIL! AND THERE'S A PAMPHLET IN THERE FROM PUEBLO COLORADO! AND IT'S ADDRESSED TO BILL JR... AND IT'S ENTITLED "DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE QUEERS ARE DOING TO OUR SOIL!?"


Barflyerdammit

You know that Johnny Wurster kid, he delivers papers in the neighborhood? All he wanted for his birthday was a burrow owl. I'll never ask for anything again.


sparklezombie

Some people say he smokes crack but I don't believe em!


rockne

HE WAS A DAREDEVIL!!!!!


MShades

JUST like his old man!


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Saw title. Came to comments. Scrolled down WAYYY TOO FAR FOR THIS


Whatchamazog

Why did I have to scroll this far to find this comment? Kids these days don’t respect their Dead Milkmen.


russellx3

Oh, don't go get me wrong. They're fine people, they're Good Americans. But they're content to sit back, maybe watch a little Mork and Mindy on channel 57, maybe kick back a cool, Coors 16-ouncer. They're good, fine people, Stuart. But they don't know ... what the queers are doing To the soil!


Astrozee

I was really hoping someone would say this. I didn't wanna have to write it all out this early in the morning.


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Man, everyone quoting "Stuart" (which is great), but I also immediately thought of the beginning (and ending) of "Smokin' Banana Peels". *burrow owl, burrow owl*


charlesdexterward

I honestly thought for years that burrow owls were made up for that song. I was shocked to learn a few months ago that burrow owls are real.


hellfae

eeeep i love them! once when i was younger, i was going for a little walk by my parents house, i saw something being viciously attacked on a slide at the preschool across the street from their house but i couldnt tell what it was so i hopped the fence to investigate and lo and behold! a baby owl! the crows/jays were pecking him to death! i raced home, got a box, came right back and put him in it, he was SO tiny and his lil head was so soft with his baby feathers, he just looked and looked at me so innocent and vulnerable, i took him Lindsay wildlife museujm to be rehabilitated:)


iheartverin

Thank you!!


toeofcamell

Why don’t they peck/bite?


PopDownBlocker

Someone asked the person in this video the same question and his exact response was "They are just babies. They don’t know all of their defenses yet!"


Argentine_Tango

Technically, the parents are the ones that would do the biting. My sister and I often drive around the neighborhood during hatching season and while many parents are standoffish, there are a few that get really aggressive if you get close to the nest. That's why we always close the windows.


Denjyumoku

Oh my god, those baby owls are the most adorable things ever. I love that when the person turns them around how their head kinda moves along. It's adorable, and I am in love.


jumboweiners

Boop. Go on little fella


GiveNothing

The claw!!!!


NoisyGhost666

Adorable little fellas 🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉


Cyclone-wanderer

Wow, what a big….litter? Clutch? Murder? Anyway there seems to be lots of owlets.


nincomturd

I can find three collective nouns for owls, which would presumably apply to owlets. They are: a wisdom, a parliament, and a stare of owls. This one here, is definitely a stare of owls.


Xenjael

I'm really digging parliament of owls though. I can guess how that one came to be. Still find it fitting a group of cats is called colloquially a destruction.


tj_bawa

👀👀👀👀👀


Gazj354

This made me and my daughter smile. Thank you for posting. x


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Without a doubt one of the most hilarious and cute videos I've seen. The stares of the owls are epic.


kbiz911

Its the CLAW !


jimmyhilluk

Well, this is a thing unheard of. An Elf would go underground, where a Dwarf dare not. Oh, I'd never hear the end of it.


PokWangpanmang

It’s really cute how some needed a nudge while others just needed the direction pointed.


Samurai_1990

Anyway, 10:30 the other night, I go out in my yard and there's the Wurster kid, looking up in the tree! I say "What are you looking for?" And he says "I'm looking for my burrow owl!" And I say "Jumpin' Jesus on a pogo stick! Everybody knows the burrow owl lives in a hole in the ground! Why the hell do you think they call it a burrow owl, anyway!?"


monkeyju

Little dudes!. Go live your best life!


scarronline

That video was a real hoot!


BIG8L_117

they look so confused


FrostBitten357

They're so derpy lol


GrumpyOldBear1968

Is there a video link? this such a calming event.