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[–]LoseSmallMind 276 points277 points ago

I like how all four of them are each doing something equally creepy. Can't stop watching!

[–]DeviouSherbert 195 points196 points ago

Came here to say this. They're all just so creative. "Okay, you swallow a small cat, you pretend you are talking to the voices in your head, and we will do this weird swaying back and forth thing and not break eye contact."

[–]cactrwar 53 points54 points ago

i hope you meant rat

[–]jacobo 53 points54 points ago

crat

[–]potatoriot 1 point2 points ago

Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust.

.....Ahh busy season, get out of my head!

[–]DeviouSherbert 6 points7 points ago

I hope it was a rat, too. But for god sakes that thing is massive.

[–]PENDRAGON23 1 point2 points ago

It's obviously a rat in the gif - but I laughed a lot that DeviouSherbert said 'cat' ... like they planned it out or rehearsed and the script called for owl #1 to 'swallow a small cat in a weird lunging/jerky motion'.

[–]De_Angelo 0 points1 point ago

The fuck? I thought it was a small bird.

Edit: Upon closer inspection, I now believe it is actually a rat.

[–]s4g4n 1 point2 points ago

We can eat cats too; kittens

[–]funkosopher 7 points8 points ago

omfg i am going to die

[–]CacophonyForever 8 points9 points ago

you ok?

[–]waitee11 3 points4 points ago

Did you died?

[–]FiercelyOptimistic 0 points1 point ago

I think your going to OK!!

[–]mgh245 2 points3 points ago

I saw The Cabin in the Woods tonight and this is easily more unsettling than anything in that movie. Great flick by the way.

[–]peesinpools 1 point2 points ago

Ditto. If I had the power to control owls and could just pick something for each of them to do, I don't think I could come up with something that nightmarish.

[–]rewster 0 points1 point ago

thank you for making me laugh.

[–]DeviouSherbert 0 points1 point ago

Thank you for boosting my ego.

[–]sabreteeth 15 points16 points ago

It's like they're a boy band

[–]Sandwich2Hell 0 points1 point ago

hahaha too funny

[–]Psycho_Killa 0 points1 point ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA16i47I1HM

When I saw this pic, my first thought was of these guys, especially the two owls that are giving ominous looks to the camera!

[–]irawwwr 28 points29 points ago

I don't find it creepy, more of something like this

[–]josephknight 23 points24 points ago

We find that creepy.

[–]OMGItJosh 9 points10 points ago

I am here to confirm this.

[–]stop_being-a-dick 5 points6 points ago

I like the shop of him making a pizza.

[–]fatalie 4 points5 points ago

Requesting.

[–]flamingspinach_ 2 points3 points ago

PROTIP: Make and stretch the dough base before putting the sauce and toppings on. ಠ_ಠ

[–]LemonVenom 1 point2 points ago

Pff. If you're a pansy.

[–]fatalie 8 points9 points ago

May the upvotes be ever in your favor!

[–]JR_MaRtiNi 0 points1 point ago

Omg can't stop laughing. I dont know why!

[–]LK09 0 points1 point ago

At one point does one of the characters eat another living thing whole?

[–]rumckle 2 points3 points ago

It totally should be in /r/aww

[–]Bad_Sex_Advice 6 points7 points ago

I'll be surprised if this doesn't hit top submission of all time. I literally can't stop watching it.

[–]Zerothe0 4 points5 points ago

Except it's a repost. Like literally 2 weeks ago at the most?

[–]SelectaRx 4 points5 points ago

Not sure if sex advice.

[–]chazum0 0 points1 point ago

my thought exactly

[–]Evercloser 0 points1 point ago

Jesus Christ, it's like a scene from Jacob's Latter if it were set on a National Geographic special.

[–]mynameisDJ2006 12 points13 points ago

Jacob's Latter is the sequel to Jacob's Ladder...

[–]SelectaRx 15 points16 points ago

The best one was part 3 "Jacob's Bladder". Scared the piss outta me.

[–]Misanthropic_Owl 244 points245 points ago

Good. That's our job.

[–]SatchmoPhipps 47 points48 points ago

Well this account turned out to be a good investment, huh?

[–]Vandey 2 points3 points ago

Indeed, as for you; I dont think Satchmo's are ever gonna take off in Phipps though.

[–]SatchmoPhipps 4 points5 points ago

You'd be surprised.

[–]buntH0LE 5 points6 points ago

...what?

[–]Owl_mo 9 points10 points ago

We do creeping best

[–]noctuae- 4 points5 points ago

It's our job.

(Username means Owl in Latin)

[–][deleted] 44 points45 points ago

OH.MY. crazy. owls are good things. If you're British, they bring mail. That being said; this is creepy as hell.

[–]Kaibunny143 0 points1 point ago

Are you Harry potter?!?!? I say this because I'm 'merrrican and don't know any better...

[–]IanSlinger 29 points30 points ago

No, all British post is delivered by owl. That's why it's that way in Harry Potter.

[–]Kaibunny143 6 points7 points ago

Whelp TIL ... Guess I should learn more as we are getting stationed there in a couple months.. :)

[–]Secrete_Persona 16 points17 points ago

Dude your doing it wrong your supposed to find and re post the highest comment from these threads.

[–]1_1_2_3_5_8F 14 points15 points ago

Look at the second thread in the list. This list is the highest comment.

[–]JohnAdamZiolkowski 4 points5 points ago

ಠ_ಠ

This is too meta...

[–]apullin 0 points1 point ago

You're absolutely right. That's another common repost tactic, where you already have a list of "funny" comments that people will like ... so you can buff up 2 accounts on points, one by reposting the content, and then another by making the first comment that'll get up to 500 or so points.

[–]gregocebr 0 points1 point ago

tks a lot! I am kinda a new around here and have seen this same gif 32183812937 times!

[–]drewblank 0 points1 point ago

You are my hero.

[–]HovarTM 28 points29 points ago

In my opinion owls are the coolest currently living birds.

[–][deleted] 66 points67 points ago

I have to vote for this one.

[–]eagerbeaver1414 26 points27 points ago

That was an amazing sequence in Planet Earth, and particularly when you watch the BTS and hear how long it took for him to get this shot.

[–]snoharm 7 points8 points ago

Link or summary, please.

[–]dancingrobot 3 points4 points ago

This pic is from around 2:10 of this video.

[–]snoharm 0 points1 point ago

Good man, thanks. Though if anyone has the BTS commentary, that's what I was really hoping for (should have been more clear).

[–]dancingrobot 0 points1 point ago

This was the best I could do. It's pretty short, but I think it's what you're looking for. You might need to go down to "Making Jungles".

[–]Emperor_Zar 1 point2 points ago

My4 yo son is scared shitless of that bird. Hates it's fucking illusion face.

[–]JohnAdamZiolkowski 1 point2 points ago

Thank you so much for posting this. I've seen this video at least 20 times over the years, and it never gets old. The birds of paradise are amazing. They are simply so diverse!

[–]epicwinfield 2 points3 points ago

Tied with lyrebirds.

[–]Fidena 2 points3 points ago

They're also incredibly dumb.

Try corvids. Many scientists place them at the intelligence level of almost apes.

[–]HovarTM 1 point2 points ago

They look like crows, which makes sense since they're in the same genus. They do seem kind of cool.

[–]GhostlyGirl 1 point2 points ago

Crows are smart fuckers.

[–]abledanger 4 points5 points ago

They're just dicks.

[–]HovarTM 0 points1 point ago

You just made me think of flying penises. Then a mass of flying penises would be called a murder.

[–]Random_Bird_Fact 1 point2 points ago

The Secretary Bird is thought to have been named such because of its crown of long, black feathers. The crown looks similar to the way secretaries kept their quills behind their ears (way back when people used quills). pic. Also, it fucking curbstomps snakes and then eats them.

[–]REDDIT- 13 points14 points ago

[–]petulantscholar 15 points16 points ago

This made me laugh out loud. If there was a single .gif to describe my family, you just posted it.

[–]synicalx1 10 points11 points ago

Which one of you eats rats?

[–]ikurumba 6 points7 points ago

Um wow. Your family must be pretty strange...

[–]ThatHighCracker 24 points25 points ago

If only I could get my girlfriend to try that hard to get stuff down her throat...

[–]Thryck 24 points25 points ago

Small mammals? ಠ_ಠ

[–]gnashville 15 points16 points ago

hey baby, you wanna slob on my marmot?

[–]snoharm 5 points6 points ago

Maybe in the bath tub?

[–]SelectaRx 1 point2 points ago

Having an aquatic mammal within the... city... that ain't legal.

[–]kcdp 12 points13 points ago

Damn nature, you scary!!!

[–]Sackman_and_Throbbin 8 points9 points ago

That little rat looking thing just got ate!

[–]BugZ439 6 points7 points ago

Look at that sum'-bitch go, he haulin' ass!

[–]firestrike01 1 point2 points ago

That thing come by mah house, I kill it!

[–]farrisca 4 points5 points ago

Can we get a source? I want to see if that owl finished that rat...

[–]clevingersfoil 7 points8 points ago

I don't know if it did, but I'd like to think he choke/coughed it up and blew the chunks all over the inside of the cage.

[–]farrisca 0 points1 point ago

Lol I think that would take away from the creepiness but would be acceptable nonetheless.

[–]MusicalPie 0 points1 point ago

Idk bout a source, but this has been reposted atleast 3 times in the last month.

[–]farrisca 6 points7 points ago

Along with everything else on Reddit

[–]farrisca 5 points6 points ago

Along with everything else on Reddit

[–]MusicalPie 3 points4 points ago

Fair enough.

[–]DaftPancake 1 point2 points ago

Fair enough.

[–]Chigohollow 2 points3 points ago

Those two owks are like, "What makes you think I won't cut you, ese?"

[–]Today_is_Thursday 3 points4 points ago

How come owls, cats & other rat-eating animals don't contract the plague from rats? What if a cat gives you kisses right after eating a plague-ridden rat?

[–]SelectaRx 4 points5 points ago

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly. I dunno why she swallowed that fly, Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a spider, That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. But I dunno why she swallowed that fly - Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a bird; How absurd, to swallow a bird! She swallowed the bird to catch the spider That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. But I dunno why she swallowed that fly - Perhaps she'll die

There was an old lady who swallowed a cat. Imagine that, she swallowed a cat. She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ... She swallowed the bird to catch the spider That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. But I dunno why she swallowed that fly Perhaps she'll die

There was an old lady who swallowed a dog. What a hog! To swallow a dog! She swallowed the dog to catch the cat... She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ... She swallowed the bird to catch the spider That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. But I dunno why she swallowed that fly Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a goat. Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat! She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ... She swallowed the dog to catch the cat. She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ... She swallowed the bird to catch the spider That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. But I dunno why she swallowed that fly Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a cow. I don't know how she swallowed a cow! She swallowed the cow to catch the goat... She swallowed the goat to catch the dog... She swallowed the dog to catch the cat... She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ... She swallowed the bird to catch the spider That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. But I dunno why she swallowed that fly Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a horse - She's dead, of course.

[–]laserfish 0 points1 point ago

Why do you send a goat to catch a dog?

[–]Today_is_Thursday 0 points1 point ago

Because given the opportunity, goats eat anything?

[–]samepersona 3 points4 points ago

Cats can get the plague

[–]schultzyishere 2 points3 points ago

is the plague even around anymore??? i thought that was just a fad...

[–]nojoebe 2 points3 points ago

New Mexico has it as a resident disease!

[–]steve626 1 point2 points ago

Prairie dogs get it bad.

[–]bigcitycrows 2 points3 points ago

It's the fleas that transfer the Bubonic plague via their bites, not eating the flesh of an infected animal itself.

[–]GhostlyGirl 1 point2 points ago

That's not how the plague works.

[–]fabbyrob 1 point2 points ago

Same reason that if you have HIV and fuck your family dog it wont suddenly develop HIV. Many diseases can only affect a certain host, or range of hosts, and I think plague is mostly a mammalian thing.

[–]Today_is_Thursday 0 points1 point ago

Cats are mammals! I think! There isn't much I recall from AP biology.

[–]fabbyrob 1 point2 points ago

Some diseases are mammal wide, some are even more specific. Same reason the dog mentioned above wont develop Human immunodeficiency virus, even though it is a mammal.

[–]woahhhface 1 point2 points ago

Every time it loops I catch another one doing something totally wtf and the only thought in my mind is, "This cannot be a real animal."

[–]Summerlover429 1 point2 points ago

Everyone of those bastards are making me uncomfortable.

[–]Uber-Mensch 1 point2 points ago

lowl! I chuckled. Everything is great in this gif.

[–]HanselSoHotRightNow 1 point2 points ago

Owls are metal as fuck.

[–]TheYoungLiar 1 point2 points ago

Left to right: "Gobbler" McGee, "Chatty" Hacklestein, The Beakery Twins.

Be very glad we have them behind bars.

[–]Interesting_name 1 point2 points ago

There's so much to take in!

[–]wildpeaches 0 points1 point ago

That's what she said.

[–]thasnazgul 1 point2 points ago

Directed by David Lynch.

[–]GhostlyGirl 1 point2 points ago

Fuck owls.

[–]AsskickMcGee 1 point2 points ago

Still a better love story than Twilight.

[–]ChaosMotor 1 point2 points ago

Is this an owl rap video?

[–]bruuuu 1 point2 points ago

"You came to the wroooooong neighborhood mootherfucker!"

[–]Hungry_Crouton 4 points5 points ago

I always wanted a cute fuzzy baby owl as a pet...nevermind.

[–]Mogknight23 3 points4 points ago

I can deal with three of them being creepy, but the one on the left seems like it's puking in reverse or is just goddamn possessed.

[–]DefinitelyRelephant 0 points1 point ago

He's horking the mouse/rat/whatever down.

Most birds of prey like eagles, falcons, etc, rip their prey to shreds before gobbling them down, but apparently this species of owl just eats it whole.

[–]steve626 0 points1 point ago

owls in general swallow their prey whole. Then they collect what they can't digest (hair and bones) into little pellets that they regurgitate them every so often. You can even buy them.

[–]iloveanimalsmore 0 points1 point ago

What would one do with these pellets?

[–]CDRnotDVD 0 points1 point ago

Dissect them in 5th grade science class.

[–]steve626 0 points1 point ago

They make great stocking stuffers.

Seriously though. Scientists use them to track owls, see where they are, what their density is and what they are eating. You can sometimes tell what type of owl it is, it's size, etc. And schools use them to teach the food chain and other sciency things like that. Apparently owls can cough these up pretty often, daily or so.

[–]bashy121 1 point2 points ago

this went way too well with the dubstep im playing in the background

[–]Falcor07 1 point2 points ago

I could hear the two bottom owls saying "Check Yo' Self Foooo"

[–]discoanddeath 1 point2 points ago

I always enjoy the one who looks like he is just repeating a word.

[–]xeno_phobe 1 point2 points ago

This is how I always eat my food as well.

[–]DeviouSherbert 1 point2 points ago

I really don't like the one that is talking to himself in the background. It is seriously freaking me out.

[–]PuffinPastry 0 points1 point ago

Jajajajajajajajajaja

[–]TurtleBisque 1 point2 points ago

This is the weirdest gif I've ever seen. I laughed out loud then just got scared.

[–]the8thman 1 point2 points ago

Damn nature, you scary!

[–]TheCrool 1 point2 points ago

I WHIP MY FOOD BACK AND FORTH.

I WHIP MY FOOD BACK AND FORTH.

I WHIP MY FOOD BACK AND FORTH.

I WHIP MY FOOD BACK AND FORTH.

[–]uncleoce 1 point2 points ago

I have the weirdest boner right now.

[–]LordCatfishcity 1 point2 points ago

Is this a live performance of ICP or something?

[–]max9221 1 point2 points ago

the hungry stoner, the chatty stoner, and the two paranoid stoners!

[–]Blaidd_Drwg11 0 points1 point ago

My dad calls them hootowls. I have no idea why but it makes me laugh every time he talks about them.

[–]crose1900 0 points1 point ago

my favorite is the one housing the rat. bird gluttony

[–]garnett8 0 points1 point ago

Lol it reminds me of an Acappella group

[–]D3ADM4N 0 points1 point ago

this .gif has always entertained me. So much going on.

[–]jacobo 0 points1 point ago

those two look like david blaine

[–]JimmyChong 0 points1 point ago

One of them needs a big, over-sized clock hanging from their neck.

[–]Gingerslayr7 0 points1 point ago

Maybe he is resuscitating the rat with his mouth

[–]VictrolaFirecracker 0 points1 point ago

Why are these birds in a metal box?

[–]KrissyFivee 0 points1 point ago

Owls from left to right: Owl 1: Om nom nom nom Owl 2: EAT IT, EAT IT, EAT IT. Owl 3 & 4 : You didn't see anything . . .

[–]BobSaget12345 0 points1 point ago

this shit is scary as fuck

[–]wojovox 0 points1 point ago

Now I understand how those owl statues work.

[–]nolsen34 0 points1 point ago

Owls are assholes.

[–]hannars27 0 points1 point ago

This resembles my gag reflex.

[–]cheeseburger49 0 points1 point ago

Damn nature, you scary!

[–]Sir_Atheist 0 points1 point ago

[–]Evil_Iowan 0 points1 point ago

No sleep for me!

[–]natatatco 0 points1 point ago

This is a nice contrast to the owls in /r/aww

[–]killing_the_joke 0 points1 point ago

I feel Like i'm watching adult swim right now...

[–]log_ladys_log 0 points1 point ago

the owls are not what they seem...

[–]BuzzMcCallister 0 points1 point ago

[–]trentevans 0 points1 point ago

To me it seems like the owl that is eating is the leader, and the other three are hype men. That one right beside him is shouting out "YEYEYEYEYEYEYEYEYE BOI"

[–]Warcav 0 points1 point ago

the owls on the right side have been edited in. atleast the top one has. look closely and the top owl is graphically merged into the one on the bottom

[–]DefinitelyRelephant 0 points1 point ago

That 'graphical merging' you're speaking of is their feathers smooshing together. The actual body of a featherless owl is very small.

[–]adeahtie 0 points1 point ago

Hahaha literally every owl in that gif is being creepy as fuck.

[–]wildpeaches 0 points1 point ago

I used to live in a trailer next to a huge tree that owls lived in. We used to find 'owl pellets' everywhere in the yard (owl pellets are the bones and whatnot from the prey they eat whole and then vomit up what they cannot digest).

[–]thesovietonion 0 points1 point ago

Owls are so comical. For birds that are supposedly not the brightest, they sure do have quite a variety of expressions.

[–]Mileskitsune 0 points1 point ago

i loled really hard at this

[–]Trojanbp 0 points1 point ago

DAT REPOST

[–]Zuggible 0 points1 point ago

It's not all about you, y'know.

[–]tommynoble6 0 points1 point ago

this should be in r/awww

[–]CannibalAnn 0 points1 point ago

The one on the right bothers me the most

[–]miglewis 0 points1 point ago

The owls are not what they seem.

[–]RandomMandarin 0 points1 point ago

Second one from the left won't stop chanting Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill-Kill!

[–]bokbok 0 points1 point ago

Open this in a separate tab and enjoy the show.

[–]Fingla 0 points1 point ago

I need this as a screensaver

[–]Tauz_g 0 points1 point ago

Futurama anyone?

[–]herpderp_roar 0 points1 point ago

Motherfucking barnyard owls.

[–]jbs13572 0 points1 point ago

My favorite is the joker one cackling to itself

[–]tuolisipuli 0 points1 point ago

REPOST!!!!

[–]Turdis 0 points1 point ago

I've seen this before, Oh Hey

[–]riffmasterflash 0 points1 point ago

Formula for 4-digit karma:

Find out the appropriate amount of time before it is acceptable to repost.

[–]xWhackoJacko 0 points1 point ago

Terrifying, hilarious, weird, and creepy.

[–]Pharose 0 points1 point ago

Owls are cool from a human perspective, but from the perspective of any small animal they are the stuff of nightmares. They have extremely good hearing and night vision, so much that they can locate prey under deep layers of snow and foliage. Once they catch their prey they can swallow them whole, let the acids and the grinders in their stomach disassemble them, and then regurgitate their bones. The life of a mouse must be terrifying.

[–]cuntbagel 0 points1 point ago

Owls have always freaked me out. I think it's the eyes...

[–]Relevant_Comic_Panel 0 points1 point ago

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

I just fucking lost it!! at a solid [7], cannot stop watching!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

[–]ashtonishing18 0 points1 point ago

Ohhh my fuck. Theyre still beautiful though!

[–]fuantei 0 points1 point ago

Immediately thought of this game.

[–]fordprefect48 0 points1 point ago

barn owls always remind me of No Face from Spirited Away

[–]bowchickahonkhonk 0 points1 point ago

...What the hell did I just watch...?

[–]lavender_lollipops 0 points1 point ago

that's why owls are nocturnal....they are fucking freaks of nature. it still doesn't make me stop loving them though.

[–]Nish5115 0 points1 point ago

Kinda remind me of the Boo's from Mario

[–]GetYourAlbatros 0 points1 point ago

I have distrusted them ever since watching twin peaks. "the Owls are not what they seem."

[–]JuniperJupiter 0 points1 point ago

"CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG! DAMN, LARRY!"

[–]schultzyishere 0 points1 point ago

That's actually very frightening...

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

That's right mouse, right there, right there, I'm almost there, get all the way in my mouth, I swear, you can fit...unnnnhhhhhhhhh...anyone got a cig?

[–]Wulfger 0 points1 point ago

I think I remember seeing the video of this (have no idea where it is now). In addition to looking creepy as fuck they are making this godawful creepy keening noise. Owls are fucking awesome.