Those skinny legs ‘mask’ incredible talon strength. Picture looks to be of an Eagle-Owl. The smaller Great Horned Owls have grip strength equal to a German Shepherd’s bite force.
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Back at Ye Olde Homestead, we had a mated pair living off a tree in back of my parents’ bedroom. There was a big dead branch sticking out of the tree; one night I saw two large silhouettes sitting on it. Then one turned and I saw the huge ‘horns’ before it took off. It must have had a 4 foot wingspan, not to mention the “Hoo! Hoo! Hoo-Hoo!” call.
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An owl used to frequent a tree outside our place. At night, sometimes we’d hear it go, Hoo-hitty-hoot! Hoo-hitty-hoot! And I’d think, what sort of candy-ass owl hoots like that?
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Any ‘hoot’ jokes in this thread? Fruit to low?
Can I at least get a ISWYDT?
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David Tennant can look like however David Tennant wants to look like
(If anyone goes looking for that episode of Rab C Nesbitt, be warned that it was only progressive by the standards of late 80s Britain)
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I’d love to see this updated.
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I’m living for this thread. Owls, eh? Brilliant.
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… And now, a flash back from Staten Island:
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Thanks, I so needed closure!
Will hold other owl thoughts…
WHOOT!!
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Love it. Had not seen this. Something to look forward to (and I could really use some of that, January was a very hard month for me).
Tennant’s work with the Royal Shakespeare Company just floors me. Every. Time.
This unpacking here made me appreciate his craft in a more informed way:
Just wow.
Of course, his sly Mary Poppins sendup was good fun too…
I also deeply appreciate his humility and his ability to convey his humanity intact, on- and off-screen.
Thanks for posting.
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Ah ha hahahaha!
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Kinda on topic…
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Yeah, the great horned owl can have a little more than a four-and-a-half foot wingspan. They’re huge. I don’t think my neighbors are that big, but they were certainly a lot bigger than I was expecting.
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