Why This Bird Could Be a Threat to International Security

I love these little flying freaks.


Music Used:
Luigi's Mansion- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Facing Darkness- Myuu
Obstacle Course- Yoshi's Island
Waltz of the Boos- Super Mario Galaxy
Luigi's Mansion Series Medley- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Squeak Squad Theme- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Redletter- Kevin Macleod
5 min call- Lakey Inspired

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[TheAnanaki]

My uncle found an injured baby barn owl once. Nursed it back to health and released it. Nested on his property, found a mate and it's offspring still live in the same nest and to this day seem to have no fear of humans. Some will even approach you and just hang out.

[seanpoore]

Crow: "You took Everything from me!!"
Owl: "I don't even know who you are..."

[andreasmuller]

Best description for an Owl i ever heard was "bird hardware running cat software".

[jonathannavarreteperez]

Here's another fun factoid. The characters that make up the word "owl" in Chinese (猫头鹰) can be literally translated as "cat eagle" or "cat head eagle".

[argentpuck]

"Owls are just the 'cats' of birds." That explains why I like 'em, too.

[DanGamingFan]

"Sky Cats" is such a perfect description of owls. They're both super soft, extremely successful hunters, own the night, will beef with anything, no matter how big, can go from cute to demon in a heartbeat, and have moments of either pure genius or extreme clumsiness. And I love them both. Also, congratulations on reaching the like goal to visit the sanctuary. I hope you have fun.

[hackcubit]

"Owls are just the cats of birds, " is a claim I've been harping on for years now, ever since I learned that owls, like cats, are both very smart and extremely stupid, absolute units in the world of hunters, and crazy enough to run fades with creatures sometimes ten or twenty times their size.

[dannytulley]

4:50 he’s not kidding for context I sleep with my window open and got woken up by a barn owl didn’t know what it was until now but it was terrifying as fuck

[SamONellaKrummlauf]

"The same bird that hunts hawks can get jumped by murder crows."
That's why they're called a murder.

[guardianofthehill]

"Same test, same solution: That's convergent evolution" Ok, that's one incredibly baller line you just casually dropped there

[aazhie]

I used to volunteer at a zoo and the barn owl.They had had been raised by humans. So he would hop on your back and shriek at you to show you how cute he was. A soft & terrifying good boi :3
He was so light. His grip was SO powerful!

[Khornecussion]

We had a barn owl awhile back that stayed in- you would not believe this - our barn. No clue why it was there though because they were not native to the area. I would come in and yell at it and it would yell back and I would then go " Alright cool. " and it would quietly "chirp" as if trying to be like " Okay same time tomorrow. " and then if I had to go in there to get something it would walk along the top of the beams to watch me and any time I would talk it would sort of hoot or make a weird chirp back.

[touremuhammad]

9:02 Fun fact: the rivalry between owls & crows is a lot similar to the rivalry between primates & big cats. For example, leopards often hunt baboons when they're sleeping & baboons will kill unsupervised cubs & even gang up on adult leopards like a pack of wolves to get rid of future predators. This is cuz primates, like crows, will also seek revenge & hold grudges.

[glennlaroche]

CasGeo for 13 min---owls are demonhellmonsters
CasGeo at the end---floofbirb does a bath

[scooterberry]

Owls in the wild: nightmare fuel murder machine

Domesticated owls: feathered cat

[Eli.E.E]

I’m so glad you did a video on owls. They (specifically barn owls) have always been my favorite birds. Because I grew up on the Guardians of Ga’hoole books.

[JWat-kohr]

The corvid/owl war is nuts. I don't remember where I heard the story, but there was supposedly a documented case where an owl chose to drown itself when it was cornerd by a murder of crows.

[gamemeister]

I have an owl story.

My uncle lives in the woods in rural Wisconsin, and is an avid hunter. A couple years ago during deer season, he wakes up before the crack of dawn to get ready, while another uncle of mine is off in the woods. First uncle finishes waking up and such, and heads outside into the deer blind they have set up. No sooner than he takes a seat does a gigantic owl burst through the entrance, land with talons dug into his thighs, and start screaming right in my uncle's face.

Naturally, my uncle starts screaming too, still half asleep and trying to process a bird with wings large enough to touch opposite walls of the deer blind at the same time that is now shrieking directly in his face.

Within a few seconds, the owl took off, and within a minute, my other uncle burst into the blind because he heard distant screaming.

Later, the first uncle ran told the story to a guy who turned out to be an ornithologist. Apparently, my uncle got kinda lucky, cause an owl that big could have sunk its talons over a quarter inch deep into his legs.

Edit: Ha, hearing that owls with yellow eyes are usually diurnal makes perfect sense! This one had big ol yellow peepers.

[SquidTheTentacle]

I can personally say that barn owls do actually sound like someone being murdered. I was about six or seven when I went to go see the northern lights with my family when it kinda passed through my state, and I literally thought someone was getting their soul evicted from their body

[pyrascheme]

Owls are scary only until you hold one, the affection an owl gives you when you feed it a live cricket is beautiful