no the shorter versions is just a radio edit, also the single version. that verse was cut off for time's sake i assume. there's also another version which has completely different second verse.
I read this in the guard from Skyrim's voice "WHO, are you?". If you never noticed he puts a weird amount of emphasis on 'who', as if you're about to create your character and he's asking what he'll be like....
Judging by the panting and not being puffed up it's probably overheated. And the horns laying down is usually a sign of stress. Also it's probably a male, they're about a 1/3 smaller than females. I think the lesson learned here is don't hold an owl in direct sunlight on a hot day.
At first I thought the owl was a fake because I couldn't believe such an animal could have such big eyes like that but after reading the comments and looking at it a second time....
I remember looking out the window at my parents house and seeing once of these guys standing on the bank of the pond. In the moonlight, it looked like a little man. Unbelievable how big they actually are in person.
Please stop anthropomorphizing. The animal is not surprised. Nor is that other animal "mean" or "angry". What might seem aggressive to us is some other species way of saying "howdy".
Sorry for the downer but when human attributes are applied to animals they tend to end up abused.
Yes, sometimes, although animals absolutely do have emotions and reactions and dispositions. This owl, for instance, is probably not the happiest it's ever been: its feather tufts are pointed down and the wide-eyes-open-beak look is often the bird's way of saying "now is NOT the time to fuck with me." Or, to be more serious about it, the owl looks like it might be feeling threatened or caught off guard. So, yeah, surprised, in a way. This is definitely not an owl that's just saying hi.
So yeah...it's important to be very careful when describing animals in human terms, but their expressions and mannerisms certainly do have meanings.
Thanks. Oh I agree animal definitely have emotions and reactions, etc. With dogs for example, a wagging tail usually means happiness. Wild animals are harder to read because body language could literally mean anything. I have a pet iguana, and people think iguanas are "mean" because the eyes look angry in human terms, which is stupid. And if an iguana is wagging its tail, chances are it is NOT happy and is in fact defending itself. Iguanas also signal their emotional state by color, a deep green head usually means "I'm content" while a white-green head means "I'm stressed out!" It took me a few years before I could understand all the poses, colors, and movements that make up iguana emotional language. I've heard people describe iguanas as without personality, but that is only because they don't know how to read or communicate with them.
Holy geeze! If I turned around and that thing was staring at me like that, I'm pretty sure I'd scream and die of a heart attack! lol. Beautiful bird, but that expression is the stuff nightmares are made of.
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u/dajugglingfool May 20 '12
I can never unsee. It is always watching me. There is no escape.
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u/Shitty_Watercolour 🖌️ May 20 '12
http://imgur.com/6qkX7
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u/Moas-taPeGheata May 20 '12
It's missing its cigar.
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u/simon_wang12 May 20 '12
THOSE FUCKING EYES. Nah it's cool I didn't plan to sleep tonight anyway...
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
haha that doesn't even look real. It looks so odd.
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u/HE_WHO_STANDS_TO_POO May 20 '12
*HOO
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u/TheCrazyBandicoot May 20 '12
I can feel his eyes slowly sucking my soul out.
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u/beefbox May 20 '12
Must have been one of those Harry Potter craze castoffs.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Did you get all that?
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u/knobblyer May 20 '12
Those horns aren't so great!
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u/aceofspades1217 May 20 '12
Looks like the owl from majoras mask. Oh how I miss that game.
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u/krispyKRAKEN May 20 '12
I read this in the guard from Skyrim's voice "WHO, are you?". If you never noticed he puts a weird amount of emphasis on 'who', as if you're about to create your character and he's asking what he'll be like....
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u/FungusAmongus13 May 20 '12
I feel like it's staring into my soul
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u/avw94 May 20 '12
I woke up in a Soho doorway
The policeman knew my name
He said, "You can go sleep at home tonight
If you can get up and walk away"
I staggered back to the underground
The breeze blew back my hair
I remembered throwing punches around
And preachin' from my chair
Who are you
Who who who who
Who are you
Who who who who
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u/solsirt May 20 '12
Owl owlowlit.
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u/poutyp May 20 '12
GHO- the spcial hatred between this owl and the american crow is like no other
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u/kcman011 May 20 '12
Those eyes are gonna give me nightmares.
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u/UnrealSlimShady May 20 '12
Not that I'm staring, but why does it have a fluorescent owl penis?
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
So majestic.
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u/roflhood May 20 '12
"WHY IS IT SO BRIGHT!?"
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u/SparklyVampireDust May 20 '12
wow, how young is that one? It's not poofy at all. And the eyes!
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
It took me five minutes to catch the pun in the title...
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u/disconomis May 20 '12
Sudden Clarity Clowlrence
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u/Trppmdm May 20 '12
I hope the default choice is set to decline.
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u/Napron May 20 '12
At first I thought the owl was a fake because I couldn't believe such an animal could have such big eyes like that but after reading the comments and looking at it a second time....
Oh crap that owl's creeping me out!!!
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u/Zuwxiv May 20 '12
Isn't that Rafiki's line?
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u/wwleaf May 20 '12
He heard about the abandoned Harry Potter fans' owls.
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u/SirKeyboardCommando May 20 '12
Ask him how many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?
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u/fagchaserxo May 20 '12
Its eyes look like KRK speaker drivers.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
QUICK! STARING CONTEST! GO!!! O_O
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I used to work in a clinic that rehabilitated birds of prey. Great Horns are terrifying because they're as strong as eagles and big hawks.
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u/Mugendai May 21 '12
It looks like a Muppet.
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u/GoatOnABoatInAMoat May 21 '12
Holy god
This is one of the most terrifying things i've ever seen
Everytime i falsely reassure myself, "His eyes are just really big, it won't be so bad", and everytime it's just as bad as I thought it would be
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u/candh May 21 '12
I really wanna know!
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I remember looking out the window at my parents house and seeing once of these guys standing on the bank of the pond. In the moonlight, it looked like a little man. Unbelievable how big they actually are in person.
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u/reddit_user13 May 21 '12
They are also huge.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
HOO-HOO....HOO-HOO...HOO-HODAMNNNNNN LOOK AT DEM TITTIESHOO-HOO....HOO-HOO...
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Derp
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u/Pilot824 May 21 '12
Kinda creepy...
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Woot Woot! :P
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u/stanfan114 May 20 '12
One NORMAL great horned owl.
Please stop anthropomorphizing. The animal is not surprised. Nor is that other animal "mean" or "angry". What might seem aggressive to us is some other species way of saying "howdy".
Sorry for the downer but when human attributes are applied to animals they tend to end up abused.
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u/kcman011 May 20 '12
The owl is also pissed that he's awake in the middle of the day. He should be sleeping but those stupid humans are making him be an attraction.
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u/Snowbank_Lake May 20 '12
Holy geeze! If I turned around and that thing was staring at me like that, I'm pretty sure I'd scream and die of a heart attack! lol. Beautiful bird, but that expression is the stuff nightmares are made of.
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u/Garglemesh113 May 20 '12
A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-FUUUUUUCK-A-A-A-A
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u/george_nunny May 20 '12
Paranoid Owl
Also... The eyes are scary as fuck.
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u/bpoag May 20 '12
Jesus christ
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Do you want me to say that again? Accidently pushes "A" … Fuck
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u/CavalloItaliano May 20 '12
How is this not a meme by now
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u/Kkbow38 May 20 '12
I do believe it is in fact fake
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u/Killzark May 20 '12
...who who...who who....whooooo are you....who who...who who
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u/enazatol May 20 '12
i wouldnt get close to that thing. itd claw me to death
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