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Eurasian Pygmy Owl (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by anon6789@lemmy.world to c/superbowl@lemmy.world

Photo by Wolfgang Kippes

The caption called this a sperlingskauz, which was translated to "Sparrow Owl."

I'd never heard of a Sparrow Owl, but the EPO has a scientific name that is Latin for "Sparrow Owl" that I will assume is how it got its German name.

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[-] JetpackJackson@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago

Oh cool! I'll have to keep this one in mind for if I ever get to tell jokes in German lol

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I took it to mean you can just hoot at them as a way of saying hello 🤗

[-] JetpackJackson@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago
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