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Owl of the Year Match 20 - Sooty Owl vs Blakiston's Fish Owl (lemmy.world)
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WINNER: BLAKISTON'S FISH OWL 66-61

Sooty Owl managed to defeat Eurasian Eagle Owl in an upset that still has people stunned. "The Goth Owl" got a ton of positive response on its tournament premier, but will that carry over to this week?

The BFO shook off the burden of smaller being better by walking away with a win over the sweet Tawny Owl. The "Big F'n Owl" is hoping to pull off another win today. The other fish owl, the Buffy Fish Owl had become very popular in its 2 matches, can the Blakiston's Fish Owl capitalize on that popularity?

Will the largest owl in the world come out on top, or will the dark side prevail? Upvote your favorite!

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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 67 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Blakiston's Fish Owl

[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

#1 is baked.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

If you're going to be handling a raptor that big, you want it to be chill!

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 months ago

#3 is me getting up for work the day after getting baked.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Thoroughly baked at 200 (fan) for 90 minutes.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 61 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sooty Owl

[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

#1 reminds me of this

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

It does!

Some people find the Tytos a little creepy. I used to be this way. I wanted to find a pic of them looking more cute than solely playing up the Goth Owl title it's picked up in this tournament.

[–] loganberryq@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sooty Owl FTW

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

This one is too tough for me because they are awesome in such different ways.

[–] Lophostemon@aussie.zone 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The amazing thing about fish owls is how they can breathe underwater using hidden gills. Some researchers speculate that the species evolved from a freakish and sick romance between an owl who caught a salmon and instead of eating it, fell in love and started a long-term relationship with it, eventually having 6 kids, a dog and a house in the suburbs.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Is there a secret Lovecraftian cult infiltrating SuperbOwl and promoting the fish owls??? 😮

That would explain a few things... but I fear I may have said too much!

[–] Maruki_Hurakami@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Come on Sooty!! I love the black eyed owls.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

The black eyes is really the only color that works with to complete its whole look. I can't imagine it with yellow or orange.

The yellow eyed owls though really say "I'm tough enough I don't care if you see me in daylight" though.

I'm always a sucker for orange eyes though, they're just so unique.

[–] Maddie@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sooty Owl! Slay, goth queen!

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So many close races these last few days! My heart can only take so much!

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

Oh man this one is close 🦉 🦉

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

From the thumbnail I thought the owl on the right was double cheeked up lol

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

It does have a good front peach going on!

There have been a few booty shots in the tournament so far. Some owls are willing to do whatever it takes to win!

[–] God_Is_Love@reddthat.com 3 points 11 months ago

I can't look at that first photo of the fish owl with his drunk all knowing eyes and not vote for him