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Owls have free stealth built in already

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[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

it's too easy to detect owls by the smell

[–] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

how do you know they aren't using owls already?

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Keld@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

We're on to you CIA_Owl (CIowl?)

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Oh shit oh fuck.

I mean, how do you do fellow communist? You'll tell me the secrets of your organisation now, yes?

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hmmm. I doubted your commitment to the cause, but now that you called me a fellow communist you're obviously reliable.

secrets

spoiler not for feds

beanis

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

Gah! I'll get you next time! peppino-angry

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

If you think bird baths are bad now, wait until you try water boarding.

[–] TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They aren’t smart enough.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

Excuse me my mom said I am a certified genius

bird-screm1

[–] batsforpeace@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

10 secrets the military industrial complex doesn’t want you to know

[–] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago

Visited a nature preserve with a friend. Ee went to their bird rehabilitation facility and learned about how well Barn Owls can hear.

Why tap my phone when they could just hire barn owls to spy on me?!

[–] Meltyheartlove@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago
[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago
[–] CommunistCuddlefish@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Owls are too principled to work for AmeriKKKa though.

[–] CommunistCuddlefish@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

Also, not owls, but the US did try to use bats for warfare in Project X-Ray as an alternative to the Manhattan Project (CW, awful animal cruelty): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb

spoilerVon Bloeker, his assistant, Jack Couffer, and Ozro Wiswell, a scientist, self-described "bat lovers",[4]: 8  noted that it did not occur to them to question the "morality or the ecological consequences of sacrificing a few million bats".[4]: 9

...

In one incident, the Carlsbad Army Airfield Auxiliary Air Base (32°15′39″N 104°13′45″W) near Carlsbad, New Mexico, was set on fire on 15 May 1943, when armed bats were accidentally released.[9] The bats roosted under a fuel tank and incinerated the test range.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

Lockheed would get into selling owls and overpricing them by 100000%

[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

They did use bats in ww2

[–] roux@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

Instead of making stealth planes, they could have given us food and healthcare. It's a sacrifice they are willing to take. grillman

[–] Beaver@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

But have you considered that Owls don't do bathroom renovations in northern Virginia.

[–] boiledfrog@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Also they accept mice as payment, which is cheaper then dollars