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Re:Owls in Towels by bitwize on Monday May 26, 2025 @11:43PM (#44103779)
It reminds me of how people make a "purrito" by wrapping a cat in a towel or small blanket in order to safely handle the cat (administer pills, injections, etc.).

And since owls are pretty much just the bird versions of cats, it's fitting.

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Re:Owls in Towels by throw310822 on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @03:29AM (#44104710)
Indeed. Cats and owls are a fantastic example of convergent evolution: two species on pretty far vertebrates branches that occupy a similar niche (ambush night predators, small preys) and end up with the same physical appearance- colors, head and eyes shape, even the outer ears shape!
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Re:Owls in Towels by ChrisMarshallNY on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @04:44AM (#44105076)
Reminds me of this classic.

How to Give A Cat a Pill: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC372253/

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Re:Owls in Towels by fankt on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @05:10AM (#44105202)
In Chinese, owls are called 「貓頭鷹」, which literally means "a hawk with a cat’s head".
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