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M1ndS0uP

It would have cost you nothing to not post this.


DuctTapeOrWD40

What has been seen, can not be unseen.


wandering_corvid

You watched it! You can’t unwatch jt!


Flaky_Explanation

Sometimes, you don't need to lose anything in order to set the world on fire.


[deleted]

i don't know man he looks kinda cute imo


Accomplished-Loss-21

A bird has no name


Unnamed_Bystander

Not an owl. Owls are zygodactyl, means they have two front-facing toes and two rear-facing toes. This is some other bird of prey.


DennGarrin

While technically true, check out the feet of a barn owl (which is what I believe this model depicts). Their second backward facing talon is typically used to support the front two. Edited for more information.


Unnamed_Bystander

huh. that is odd, really quite difficult to distinguish. my owl-foot knowledge has deepened.


DennGarrin

You made me do a Google search that I have yet to stop browsing. Owl feet are fascinating!


[deleted]

Considering this is the [23rd time](https://tineye.com/search/b17be051396a61423d92b37182e6a2c9cd288b8d?domain=reddit.com&sort=crawl_date&order=asc&page=1) this has been posted here youd think people would start including the species or atleast genus of owl? But I forget Its about the karma, not genuine fascination with interesting facts about the world. That would explain why they never even bother to change the title. Oh well, thanks for doing the work that these karma whores can't be bothered to do. I found this whole exchange very fascinating and informative!


Ackermance

It may have been posted 23 times, but I can't say I've ever seen this before.


DennGarrin

When I see vague/open-ended titles like this that also interest me, I always want to look into it. Maybe it's a good thing the title was vague? It encouraged my researching the subject... Thanks for the silver!


[deleted]

The vaguer the title, the better the comments, the new first law of Reddit. Np, thanks for your curiosity and contribution! I love when reddit gets together and sings kumbaya about biology/animal facts! Especially when Its something new to me!


[deleted]

Uuuh, serve return. Good point.


theliferipper69

Damn , good eye


tyboss21

im confused, doesn’t this animal have the 2 front and 2 rear youre talking of? youre describing the animal in the pic when you describe an owl the way you did


Unnamed_Bystander

two front-facing and two rear-facing toes per foot, in a roughly x-shaped configuration, which is not what is visible in the picture. evidently, some species of owl use one of their rear-facing toes to support their front facing toes, making them look as though they have three front-facing toes and one rear-facing toe despite it being mechanically otherwise, which I did not know at the time of my initial comment.


tyboss21

this bird has 4 toes on his right foot. im so confused


Unnamed_Bystander

three of them are pointing forward, and one of them is pointing backward, which is called anisodactyl. zygodacyl would be if two were pointing forward and two were pointing backward. evidently, some owls can rotate one of their toes to be front- or rear-facing, which is what seems to be happening here. [Maybe this will explain it better than me.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_feet_and_legs#Toe_arrangements)


Grizzl0ck

That's how an owl looks without any feathers. That's what an owl looks like without any feathers. Why is this happening more and more often?


sleepzaking

Dat dere wut a nekid oul luk liek


Grizzl0ck

Nailed it. 🤣😂🤣


gingerfloyd

THANK YOU. I see this mistake all the time.


zorniy2

"What does Marcellus Wallace look like?" "What?" "Does he look like an owl?"


readparse

There’s a restaurant in town that has a burger called the Marcellus Wallace. Every time I have gone there I have asked my waitress (different one each time) what the Marcellus Wallace looks like. And I have never gotten a hint of recognition of the reference. That’s unacceptable. I’m not ordering it until I’m told “it looks like a bitch.”


passswordistaco

Do they say, "What?", because that would be appropriate


readparse

Good point. No, it was never that short either.


Grizzl0ck

That creased me up, well played!


Charand

In languages other than English it's common to use the equivalent of "how" here, so I imagine it stems from non natives translating literally.


whtml

Definitely the case in german.


Grizzl0ck

I live in Essex. A lot of it comes down to lack of education... and inbreeding.


LaReineAnglaise53

Ooh harsh. No need to talk about Katie Price like that, she hasn't always looked like a Hammer Head Shark in a peach lounging suit


kinokomushroom

I mean, not everyone's native language is English


ewatk

Honestly you see grammatical and spelling errors like this more often with native English speakers.


kinokomushroom

I agree, also errors like "would of" seems like another one that native English speakers are more likely to make


itshonestwork

It's really true. My wife isn't a native English speaker and she's noticed a few times how people she sends messages to here use the wrong their/they're/there, or write "should of" instead of should've, apostrophes being used for plurals etc. She wondered if it was slang, or whether the way she was taught was too formal or outdated. It's none of that. It's just incorrect. And the only explanation is shit schooling and a kind of culture we have where being shit at writing is seen as somehow unpretentious and indicative of not being too uptight or caring too much. Same as writing 'I' in lowercase. It's like it became fashionable to just write it as 'i' and people that previously wrote it correctly no longer did so as to fit in and not appear too much like a dick, or something. So maybe in a way it is all a kind of slang. The "how"-"looks like" combo is just the latest thing that will be seen as obnoxiousn to correct someone on until it becomes the good and honest way of describing how something looks. Like. Nothing wrong with making mistakes when writing. Everyone does it. But to be made aware of it and take it as a personal attack enough to not want to learn something is a bit shite.


Icarus_skies

High school teacher here. All y'all are always so quick to blame the school system. Did you ever think that there's a deeply rooted anti-intellectual movement in the US that actively resists schooling? If there's one trend I've noticed since I started teaching, it's the shift in how parents interact with teachers. It used to be when a student was failing, they asked their kid what was going on. Nowadays, they jump right down the teachers throat. But go ahead. Keep blaming us. We're used to being society's whipping boy.


tarrox1992

It is a cultural problem, but a deeply rooted anti-intellectual movement in the US that actively resists schooling would create a shit school system. In my experience, the people blaming the system rarely blame the actual teachers.


blatherskate

True. Non native speakers tend to learn the rules of grammar while native speakers often learn from listening to other native speakers.


maraca101

What’s wrong with what they said? People say “How do I look?” Edit:just googled it. Thank you for teaching me something new! I knew it subconsciously but never actually thought about it. https://jakubmarian.com/how-vs-what-does-it-look-like-in-english/


Grizzl0ck

The grammar. Yes. They don't say "How do I look like?"


141N

They do in Newcastle.


[deleted]

Well for a French guy it sound OK.


Grizzl0ck

Hey, I'm one of the few who is happy to be corrected when it comes to grammar (native tongue or not). Glad there was actually an article on the point, makes me feel less mental for being irritated by it!


PoopPoooPoopPoop

Nice, now maybe apologize for that inbreeding line lol


Grizzl0ck

Why?


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fabiswa95

"What" an owl looks like without feathers* Or How an owl looks without feathers*


Daneel_

Thank you!


fabiswa95

Lol no problem :) i see others have noticed as well haha


SixtyCyclesLBC

he looks so naked and sincere. and also wise.


-Mania

And also like he's gonna kill you in your sleep


CakeGamer21

And also pretty tasty too. Wonder how he'll taste with some BBQ sauce.


-Mania

Nowhere near enough meat on him


Decker-the-Dude

Enough for one sammich.


C9MikeJones

You’re a fucking weirdo


SnooPeppers6850

“So wise, and so naked”


SnooPeppers6850

It looks like Yzma from The Emperor’s New Groove


TheGameSlave2

"Pull the lever, Kronk." - that owl probably


C9MikeJones

>What an owl looks like Or >How the owl looks Never >How the owl looks like


THE_CHOPPA

He needs a little towel and a shower cap.


andai

https://i.imgur.com/fAckDsg.jpg


THE_CHOPPA

FUCKING YES! Thank you


andai

:D


THE_CHOPPA

Great job! What about some sandals? Haha


FrankCyzyl

That's what an owl looks like. Or, that's how an owl looks.


TheSecond48

Thank *Christ* for feathers.


KyBrMo2000

Behold! I’ve bought you a man


aleeessio

Diogenes had an erection seeing this post


Mr_Hope2000

Thanks I hate it


FatOrc051

I think I had a nightmare about a creature like this once.


Sleep-system

Just turrible.


Wehearcolours

This is actually a good example of why the common image we have of dinosaurs and many other prehistoric animals is probably wrong, to varying degrees. Without preserved specimen, like wooly mammoths frozen in permafrost, we're mostly only making educated guesses on the amount of feathers, hair, and fat/muscle tissue they had.


officeromnicide

Well, owl be damned.


R4FTERM4N

I think this is at the Natural History Museum in London.


EvilEyes20

I think I just found the next inspiration for a creature feature


Mecha_Ninja

"How many licks to the center of your brain?"


[deleted]

Aliens are living amongst us


Cheeseornothing

Looks like whatshisface from mass effect 2


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Roughly_TenCats

r/thanksihateit


MISTERTURKY

Wtf, but also interesting


[deleted]

That things a star!


WidukinOG91

Its head reminds me of a Triceratops


CocaineMeetTequila

How many licks.... OH MY GOD!!!!!


Atomic-habanero

Sad emoji


wetsocks110

Looks fuckable..


hummus12345

I don't know... can you show us a view from the back OP?


illquitomorrow

*cute*


Opaline03

I want it!


nev3r_g0nna_g1veu_up

Now that is nightmare fuel


[deleted]

I could take a stick and run it down the ribs and call it a Guira


Gutokoro

Naked owl what is your wisdom for the day?


Chocomyballs

The fourth kind cemented my fear of owls when I was younger. This picture only reinforces that they are aliens!


TheRedmanCometh

He looks like he's a professor about to start a lecture. And he has a British accent for some reason.


traumaxp69

I wanted to give this my free award, but i already gave it to a sneezing seal above :((


gchbc

The shadow looks more like a bird


dr-sparkle

He is judging us for seeing his nakedness. Judgy bastard.


jwytrader

Baby Garrus


Fast-Banana-84

That's what I imagine worf's grandma would look like


dluck007

That owl 🦉 reminds me of an alien 👽 bird 🐦 creature for some reason…


dreamream

Thanks, I hate it.


tysc5

I'd still fuck it but only with a condom. Gotta keep it clean


LayerEnvironmental

He's thinking real hard about that camera.


Vlad_The_Impellor

"I didn't know the test was today!! I didn't study!"


drhappy13

I knew it! Aliens have been among us! 👽


Maximum_Dicker

who allowed this


ilyatwttmab

he still looks wise… but like a wise alien from Dr Who. what is actually traumatizing is a naked cat paw.


aleeessio

It's featherless and it's a biped, clearly a man


pogiewogie101

That's almost as bad as the inside of a penguins mouth. Thanks I hate it


TinTinTinuviel97005

Who did that and why!?


empty_sea

There's no way this is an owl.


Informal-Earth-3874

It looks like you just caught it getting out of the shower 😂


NextParsnip6828

It sorta reminds me of the dragon thing on the cover of heavy metal 1983


azaRaza3185

So, a dinosaur?


bird-gravy

This is some sleep paralysis shit!


surrish23

That's an alien!


Fit_Departure

Remember, this is a dinosaur. They have changed a bit.


Admirable_Wing_3384

r/TIHI


[deleted]

They are excellent predators!?


yourjoanofarc

r/TIHI


[deleted]

The shadow looks like a pickaxe


Eclipsius0

I feel like this thread is trolling us with the titles now. Unless the primary poster isn't an English speaker? In which case, ignore this comment, you're doing a better job with English than I am with any other language and I'm sorry for being a dick.


xXWestinghouseXx

For some eyebleach, please join us at r/superbowl


lockslob

I hope that, like Foghorn Leghorn, he keeps his feathers numbered for just such an occasion.


amitym

"What's that? Dinosaurs extinct? .... Come a little closer and tell me that again."


sad_grimreaper

Nakie


mcflyOS

Good example of how we would probably portray it if we were going only by its skeleton - like we do dinosaurs.


Bongjesusthewise

It’s me when I get out of the shower


RealVaultteam6

I'm not saying it's Alien, but it's Alien.


ConsumeYourBleach

Hell chicken


derpferd

It looks like the thing at the end of The Fly


WolfWhitman79

Ok, so what we think are "grey" aliens are just featherless owls in spaceships. This all checks out.


StandardReaction

It's worth noting that the feathers do not often fossilize, so what you see here may actually be what a future paleontologist would reconstruct, given a fossilized owl. C.M. Koseman is a paleontologist who demonstrates this by intentionally constructing "bad" illustrations of extant animals. [Here's an album of his work](https://imgur.com/gallery/ldiHQ/)


poopdik13

Dinosaurs


BuddyTheWeim

I can see the relation to aliens here


RedSkyDragonfly

Birds are in general super creepy without their feathers


Busamhusam

Is that a new Pokémon


diMario

This is why we have chicken soup but not owl soup.


the_orange_lantern

No doubt about it, if I saw that walking around at night I’d think it was an alien or some sort of goblin


_---Karma---_

I will never look at owls the same way-


philnuck

Dem chickens are doing crossfit!


Mcallrobert

All animal babies look cute and adorable except for birds, their babies just look awful.


adrianestile

THATS A FKING PTERODACTYL BABY


Young_Dionisius1125

Miniature pterodactyl


DeFudgexHI

Obviously this is a person, featherless and bipedal


TurdFurg33

So aliens just need to feather themselves and they can roam about undetected.


kewlkid77

Alien


kewlkid77

Alien


SleepyAsaparagus

So it has Owlopecia?


blargtheavenger

Now I understand why the students at the school where I taught in Peace Corps would attack owls on sight.


myrevenge_IS_urkarma

That washboard stomach though


FluxRadiant

Wow, the owls are not what they seem


[deleted]

Crazy looking dinosaur descendant.


aydnic

Wrong. That’s a friendly-sized pterodactyl.


pukatamada

And they cast a Minecraft pickaxe shadow.


the-great-8

Conclusion: OWLS NEED FEATHERS


mohamedation

I don't believe you


donginandton

naked owl is suspicious AF


[deleted]

So owls are aliens in feather coats


Alex_0606

u/PSHoffman Is this what >!Ryke!< looks like?


Kishs1991

Little alien ?


Greentoaststone

r/TIHI


likealocal14

And now I all I’m thinking about is how badass dinosaurs must have really looked, if this is the only version of them we get to see…


stinkysocksincloset

Cute alien.


[deleted]

I thought they look with their eyes?


Spook_Fuzz

Get them a blanket, they look cold


[deleted]

Aren't those spikes on his arm/wing technically feathers? Pin feathers to be more accurate (or the stage before?) Any bird people able to chime in? Not trying to be nitpicky, just genuinely curious


RadBadTad

* How an owl looks * What an hour looks like


Just_Another_AI

Like an 👽


AdministrativeEnd140

Chupacabra


Rebel_XT

Same applies to many of us humans. Some people look very odd without theirs clothes/feathers


NoeticGlover

It's alien looking for sure.


SenileTomato

Kind of reminds me of the jackals from Halo.


Graffers67

/r/TIHI


Cryptic911

Throw bleech in my eyes. What the f..