Photo by Sergio Luzzini & Luca Vignati
Eurasian Scops Owl (0tus scops) on Sardinia, Italy
Sexual selection implies that these owls find tree bark sexy on some level
Woah those owls don’t look real, super cool!
If you think he is out there, check out this little Oriental Bay Owl. He looks out of this world!
He’s high on my list of 250+ favorite owls! Nothing else looks like it.
Imagine being the first human to encounter one of those in a dark forest.
And the spooky sounds calling back and forth on a dark night!
There’s no shortage of cultures where owls are cryptids or gods, and it’s no surprise. Even today, they can fill us with both wonder and unease.
First look at that picture, I thought it was wearing a dark green beret.
Surprised French Owl, has had too much cafe time.
Oh it does almost look like a little cap!
It reminds me of the phrygian hat from the Olympics this year.
Why did you wake me?
How long will @anon6789@lemmy.world keep posting picture of wood stick before people start to notice?!
This one is scary.
I was going to say this is just him in alert mode, trying to pretend to be a branch. The plan was to show you some pictures of Eurasian Scopses being fluffy and happy, but it seems they always look pretty mad. They do get less creepy looking though… sorta… 😅
It does look a lot more chill in that second to last one, where it’s not being held by its feet. Although then there’s the last one where it looks like a satanic wood chip.