The Transformer Owl

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By Low Lai Chow in Video on Thursday 4 April 2013

Spoiler ahead: owls behaving wickedly. This owl, as seen on a Japanese variety show, knows at least two ways to scare off other beaky threats: puff and fluff up (cute) or supershrink into what looks like a cross between Lord Voldemort and Megatron. It’s a hoot. According to another YouTube user who uploaded another clip [...]

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Yes, you can wear that vial of owl vomit around your neck

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By Low Lai Chow in New Design on Friday 14 September 2012

Well, close enough. So the vial really contains the regurgitated remains (read: small animal bones) of an owl’s meal. Sounds like owl vomit to us. Designer Trixie Khong has crafted this series of handmade vial necklaces under her By Invite Only label, made possible thanks to her connections to a friend who owns an extremely helpful pet owl. No animals were apparently harmed in the making of these statement pieces. 

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Eagle Owl flying at the camera at 1000 frames per second

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By Ed Tucker in Video on Wednesday 29 August 2012

This is a cracking little video of an owl flying towards the camera and landing. It starts off nicely enough but the end is just stunning.

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