WINNER: Blakiston’s Fish Owl 36-23

The Tawny Owl is one if Europe’s most common owls. Known for its twit twoo vocalizations, this owl looks like a Teddy bear, a living plushie.

On the other side, Blakiston’s Fish Owl is a monster of a bird. I feel I’ve failed to give you guys proper perspective of the size of this owl. This thing is like a werewolf with wings. There is a reason this bird was top of the pantheon of gods to the native people of northern Japan.

Can a cute medium size fluffy owl defeat the largest owl in the world?

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  • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
    4•7 months ago

    The fish owl imo. How cool is it, that there is owls who hunt fish?! And not only do they hunt fish, they are suspected to catch fish up to three times their own body weight.

    Some fish these owls catch are quite large. Jonathan Slaght estimated that some fish caught are up to two to three times their own weight and has seen owls keep one foot on a tree root to be able to haul a large catch onto a bank.[3] The main prey suspected to be sought out in freezing winter months in flowing and brackish waters at the northeastern limits of their range were sculpin, lamprey and salmon, likely largely juveniles of the latter two types.[27] In the basin of the Bikin River, the mean body mass of fish caught was estimated at 0.6 to 0.9 kg (1.3 to 2.0 lb) Wikipedia

    Also just look at their eyes. It is obvious that they know stuff, that we don’t even have a concept of knowing for.

    • anon6789OP
      4•7 months ago

      Right?! I feel this owl is totally slept on!

      It’s like an eagle in owl’s feathers. I’d love to see one of these in person for sure!