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This was prompted by one of the barn owls I work with-- during a presentation, when I wasn't quick enough to call her to the glove, she spontaneously decided to land on my shoulder-- talons and all. It was Not Pleasant.I would imagine that having a bird five times larger than a barn owl suddenly land on your shoulder would be a bit of a problem, magic or no magic!
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This is the best thing I have ever seen regarding birds and Harry Potter. I am so happy right now I'm grinning like an idiot!!!
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Haha, I love the contrast between Draco's smooth expression in the first, and look of terror in the second. JKR admits she made some errors with the owls in the books, but I never thought about this before! Very funny, thank you.
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*lol* You made my Saturday morning with this art. Love the Owls face, and the little heart.
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I don't have any experience with owls, but my dad does - and he got a pretty nasty gouge from a juvenile barn owl. I can only imagine what one of these freaking winged goliaths would do.
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So who else wanted to see Draco get mauled by an owl?
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The reason I'd rather work with a bald eagle...
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I enjoy working with our eagles more than our barn owls, yeah.
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I just love the second panel. ^^ The owl looks so lovable, yet so huge!!
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I've actually seen one of these in person recently. HUGE birds! And the one I saw was only 5 years old, so she probably had some room to grow still.
(Their wingspans are insanely huge, too. There was a very impressive FLOOF of wind, which made the 3-foot-tall fan blowing behind it seem barely noticeable in comparison, when that bird started flapping around!)
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Birds don't grow like mammals do. An eagle owl reaches its adult weight/size within three months of hatching, so a 5-year-old is absolutely as big as she'll ever be. Weight fluctuates within limits. But yeah, they're massive birds!
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You know, I love Harry Potter, both books and film. But being a falconer and having had large birds such as Eagle Owls land on my glove and feeling their talons even then, passages like that always make me chuckle as I imagine what would actually happen.
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Same, obviously. 
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awww, poor draco, reality kicked in ^^ love it!!!!!!!
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ouch ouch ouchies >.< why did i ask daddy for the biggest owl in the shop, why? this must happen quite often in the Potterverse
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BWAHAHAHAHA! -cough cough hack- I....totally....dig...this...! (no I ain't old enough to say "dig")
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It tells u J.K. never had any real experience with owls or eagles.
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Laughed my butt off for this.
I too work at a wildlife center, and we have a eurasian named suzy who absolutely hates me.
They hurt..even with a nice, thick leather glove between you and them.
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Our Barn Owls land all over us every time we do a demonstration! It is quite suprising when you don't expect it XD and then they bite your ears... ¬_¬
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Hah! We are pretty strict on our training to prevent that, usually, but every so often it happens!
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None of the others do it but we hand raised the barn owls last summer and everyones become a bit lenient with them XD They get told off when they land on other people though!
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Hahah! Spoiled imprints, what're you gonna do?
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*giggles head off* Could've been worse.. it could've been trying to shag his head!
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I've worked with one imprinted barn owl on work experience, naturally, the requisite gloves were provided.
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Hah! I'm currently getting to work some with an Eagle Owl... he's friggin HUGE and his mate's bigger. o_o
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Man that is so true...and I would have LOVED to have seen this happen to Malfoy.
Anyone who's taken a talon to flesh knows just why bunnies and mice always look so terrified, those sharp claws aint for show!
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A little more research never hurt anyone.
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I've always wondered what it was like to have a bird land on you like that... because i always noticed "most birds have some sort of nail/claw on each finger" but no matter the bird size it never seems to hurt on tv, does it... lol
Great drawings. ^^
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The second panel is so much love in so many ways.
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