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Rescued owl found to be too obese to fly [UK]
UPI ^ | Jan. 29, 2020 / 3:46 PM | By Ben Hooper

Posted on 01/30/2020 9:35:14 AM PST by Red Badger

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1 posted on 01/30/2020 9:35:14 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Is the owl’s name Kevin Smith?


2 posted on 01/30/2020 9:36:27 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Red Badger

This story doesn’t surprise me at all. Because back in 1994 Al Gore predicted that Global Warming would cause owls to get fat.


3 posted on 01/30/2020 9:37:26 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Red Badger

I guess we can’t fat shame owls anymore... What is this world coming too...


4 posted on 01/30/2020 9:37:58 AM PST by shotgun
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To: Red Badger

Owls are neat critters. Good hunters.


5 posted on 01/30/2020 9:38:24 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

The owl is silent, Bob.................


6 posted on 01/30/2020 9:38:25 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: NFHale

This one must be exceptional.....................


7 posted on 01/30/2020 9:38:59 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: Leaning Right

Was that before or after he invented the internet?


8 posted on 01/30/2020 9:39:38 AM PST by NEMDF
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To: Red Badger
Too many Tootsie Pops....


9 posted on 01/30/2020 9:40:03 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Too fat to fly? What’s an American Owl doing in Britain?


10 posted on 01/30/2020 9:41:37 AM PST by glorgau
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They actually ran that commercial over the weekend.....................


11 posted on 01/30/2020 9:41:52 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: glorgau

Rosie owl?...................


12 posted on 01/30/2020 9:42:44 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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"Too Fat to Fly"

Sounds like a good title for a Nadler Bio.

13 posted on 01/30/2020 9:43:09 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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Put her on Michele Obama’s school lunches.

She’ll fly off in no time.


14 posted on 01/30/2020 9:43:21 AM PST by DannyTN
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Manager Nadler. ...


15 posted on 01/30/2020 9:43:38 AM PST by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/V12H2mteniE))
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To: Red Badger

Nice find, adds to using FR


16 posted on 01/30/2020 9:44:51 AM PST by mosesdapoet (mosesdapoet aka L,J,Keslin posting here for the record hoping somebody might read and pass around)
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To: Red Badger

It’s a burrowing owl. If it can fit in a burrow, it’s probably good ‘til it loses a little weight.


17 posted on 01/30/2020 9:45:22 AM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: Red Badger

This thread needs a recipe.


18 posted on 01/30/2020 9:46:22 AM PST by Buttons12
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It’s a burrowing owl.

If Joe Burrow played for Rice.

19 posted on 01/30/2020 9:47:01 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

Apparently, a VERY good hunter... :^)

Never realized how many different types of Owls there are.

Check it out.

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/january-february-2015/whos-who


20 posted on 01/30/2020 9:47:06 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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