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Photo by Jason McFadden

The largest tropical owl of the Americas, named for the white lines around its eyes.

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[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

The eyebrows and nose are pretty spot on!

[–] Aleric@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I should be ashamed of my GIMP skills.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Ooo I am jealous of this one!

[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

built in look of disapproval

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but it's more of a ಠ)¡(ಠ

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

That's pretty good!

[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That owl has a comb over. He's not fooling anyone.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Aww

This guy has the Benjamin Button things going on. The first 5 years it looks like a little hairy old man.

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

I was thinking hair piece. Has that Lego hair thing going on.

[–] Minotaur@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago
[–] Ixoid@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

This owl has seen a lot of shit go down.

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why this owl look like Michael Cera?

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Lol yes it does

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

He looks hella concerned.