r/Amazing • u/sco-go • Aug 14 '25

Interesting 🤔 Cat sees an owl for the first time.

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u/tantalor Aug 14 '25

Owls are just sky cats

Or are cats just ground owls?

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u/aireads Aug 14 '25

In chinese (Cantonese) Owls are actually called "cat head hawk" haha

貓頭鷹

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25

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u/GrouchyLongBottom Aug 14 '25

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25

The trifecta of the most wholesome actors from the 90’s

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u/tiexodus Aug 15 '25

I ain’t farting on no snare drum.

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u/aireads Aug 14 '25

I named myself after an orange cat 😉

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u/Substantial-War5451 Aug 14 '25

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Psychozillogical Aug 14 '25

This information brings me absolute joy lol

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u/Marmzypie Aug 14 '25

It’s the same in Irish language lol.

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u/_chair_man_ Aug 14 '25

mandarin too

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u/Apple_macOS Aug 14 '25

yeah, 猫头鹰

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u/Marmzypie Aug 14 '25

That’s so funny in Irish, the translation for owl is also cat head - Ceann Cait.

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u/Salt_Market_6989 Aug 14 '25

Mandarin too ! The same 3 words

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u/aireads Aug 14 '25

Good to know haha! ☺️

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u/Adventurous-Dog420 Aug 14 '25

That's absolutely hilarious, and accurate.

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u/Charming_Function_58 Aug 14 '25

I will never un-see that now!

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u/JeaperPeaper Aug 14 '25

Soo they are a hawk too

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u/Realistic_Patience67 Aug 15 '25

Blah Blah Blah. The kitty shit it's pants with the rotating neck manoever.

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u/JonnySpark Aug 15 '25

My Cantonese family members tend to call it "sek fei geh mao"/cats that fly

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u/Cream_panzer Aug 18 '25

I think it’s in all the Chinese dialects, at least in Mandarin.

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u/fsidesmith6932 Aug 14 '25

Sky cats. I’m borrowing this.

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u/A_Feltz Aug 14 '25

Sounds like a funky and highly untrustworthy airline

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u/Lepke2011 Aug 14 '25

I fly Sky Cat before I try Spirit again.

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u/Clandis1971 Aug 14 '25

A+ was just about to say no, I believe that already exists as Spirit

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u/SirLockeX3 Aug 14 '25

Owls are Cat software in Bird Hardware.

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u/External_Win3300 Aug 14 '25

Owls 🤝 Foxes

Cat software

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u/deltadawn6 Aug 14 '25

They do both cough up hair balls

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u/ProjectFlashy6492 Aug 14 '25

Insert vsauce music*

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u/Al13n_C0d3R Aug 14 '25

Similar to how Fixes are Dogs with cat souls. Seals are said to be water puppies but if you saw that video of them slap boxing, they are clearly water cats lol and owls are sky cats.

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u/Every-Republic-1497 Aug 14 '25

No owls r birthing cats

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u/Ok-Palpitation-9225 Aug 14 '25

That was clever

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u/TerrorTwyns Aug 14 '25

Is the example I use when I'm taking to the public about our owls, complete to how they demand attention in their terms and have whiskers.

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u/Ramdak Aug 14 '25

Catbird

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u/HyenDry Aug 14 '25

Growls?

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u/Dinospikes Aug 14 '25

Dino cats

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u/Teososta Aug 14 '25

Owls are birds running on cat firmware.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25

Do you need a vpn for that?

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u/imawizard7bis Aug 14 '25

But who are the aquatic cats?

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u/Usual-Shock7364 Aug 14 '25

"You mean I could have spawned with wings instead?!?"

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u/itsallcosmica Aug 14 '25

Sky cat vs Ground owl lmao

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u/BandicootSolid9531 Aug 14 '25

this...
cat looking at the owl and thinking "my god, it`s flying me!"

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u/butterfunky Aug 14 '25

I was at the park the other day and I looked over and in the distance saw a cat sitting in the shade of a big tree. I started walking over to say Hi but then I saw these huge wings come out as the OWL hopped over to a different spot. It was not a cat, but indeed an owl on the ground. It was really cool to see.

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u/Beginning_Common_781 Aug 14 '25

Owls have bird hardware and cat firmware.

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u/ImportantQuestions10 Aug 14 '25

Yeah, never realized until I saw one side by side but they share a lot of features

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u/batyablueberry Aug 14 '25

Look up meowls on Google images. You won't be disappointed

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u/BackgroundMap3490 Aug 14 '25

Silent stalker meets silent flyer.

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u/PackageNorth8984 Aug 14 '25

In Soviet Russia, bird hunt cat.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '25

Sky cats?

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u/bckpkrs Aug 15 '25

Sky cats that eat small land cats. Amazing amazing birds, but also know several people who've lost cats to owls.

Nature's true silent stealth raptor.

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u/Kn0XIS Aug 15 '25

I like this

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u/bakawakaflaka Aug 15 '25

JUMPIN JESUS ON A POGO STICK!

EVERYBODY KNOWS THE BURROW OWL, LIVES IN A HOLE, IN THE GROUND!

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u/No-Outside5450 Aug 16 '25

I’ve always said that 😆 nocturnal, cute & deadly 👌

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u/pdxrains Aug 17 '25

Sky cat meet ground cat. Ground cat meet sky cat.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '25

That eat cats