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ickplant@lemmy.world to Superbowl@lemmy.world · 16 days ago

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ickplant@lemmy.world to Superbowl@lemmy.world · 16 days ago
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  • gon [he]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Because it’s sick AF, and they’re sick AF.

    • baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de
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      then they should go to the hospital

      • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
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        Owls have the right to get ill.

    • 4grams@awful.systems
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      Right answer.

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    Their eyes are stationary in their sockets, so they gotta have crazy necks that are all bendy and whatnot

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      Owls have twice as many neck vertebra of us lowly stiff necked humans

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        *loose-eyed humans.

      • 87Six@lemmy.zip
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        I like the thought of a world where Owls are speciest towards us and call us stiff-necks

      • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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        so owls have double the neck per neck compared to humans. that’s wild.

      • anon6789@lemmy.world
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        And it’s coiled up like a spring!

      • Jimbabwe@lemmy.world
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        This comment made my neck hurt

        • toynbee@lemmy.world
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          My neck already hurt so I was hoping after reading your comment that it would have the opposite effect and stop hurting, but alas.

  • IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip
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    They figured out the drift-stare before Luigi did!

  • anon6789@lemmy.world
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    Someone had to be the most badass after the dinosaurs threw in the towel to some space rock.

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    Who’s going to stop them?

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    Now that you mention it, they are kind of OP. Flight, stealth, hypermobility. And looking like absolute BAMF’ers at any size or angle.

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      They are excellent predators, but they’re not that intelligent. There is always a trade off. Owls are often used as imagery to represent intellect or wisdom but it’s pretty much an ancient misunderstanding. Any corvid will beat an owl at intelligence. A true OP Animal would be excellent hunters AND be highly intelligent. Humans are a good example.

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    That actual owl looks like a cubist rendition of an owl.

  • potoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world
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    They’re not, but who’s going to stop them? The system is crumbling.

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    Corkscrew neck bones.

  • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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    whos gonna stop them, the federal owl service? they can’t even put a ladder up without hitting their head

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    If you can make it to the same height, you’re free to try as well!

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    I’d like to put in an evolutionary pull request to upgrade the human body with the following features:

    • Bendy neck for gyroscopic head stabilization
    • Ultra-low latency zoomable vision
    • 360° neck rotation
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      Hold up, if we’re doing that we need to add internal gonads and separated food & air tubes.

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        2 cm longer arms so we can scratch that spot at the back, pls

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        As long as you’re redesigning us intelligently, straighten out that recurrent laryngeal nerve.

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    To see the Side Mice, duh

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    Someone has to. Might as well be them. It wasn’t going to work on bears because bears can’t fly.

    • Optional@lemmy.world
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      That you know of

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    Next tier evolution.

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