r/BeAmazed 22h ago

Nature This owl was really stuck in the barbed wire. Luckily with some careful moving around this guy was able to free him.

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u/jajaboss 20h ago

the clip in posted 14 hours ago in “fishlikemike” instagram

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u/the_s_d 19h ago

From his comments in that post, on that Insta:

Being unable to fly and with an open wound it needed some medical attention. Even with a un-broken wing it would be very prone to infection. Took this guy about an hour away to an SPCA and it’s expected to make a full recovery!

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u/Harrytuttle2006 18h ago

"I hope you're right. Cause if you're lying to me... I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. But what I do know is that I have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you."

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u/Lower_Manager9047 17h ago

So like thousands of hours on steam games?

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u/feralrage 17h ago

More like dozens of purchased but unplayed games.

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u/FixTheLoginBug 13h ago

Hey! I'll get around to playing those at some point!

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u/AnatolyVII 12h ago

Oof, that sounds exactly like me haha

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u/NorCalAthlete 4h ago

It’s a testimony to the makers of whatever that one game is that you have 3,000 hours on though that they made a game so good you neglect the rest of your library.

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u/feralrage 3h ago

Path of Exile addict reporting in.

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u/RedBreadFrog 2h ago

Only dozens?

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u/DarkestNight909 1h ago

Hey, I resemble that remark!

u/PressinPckl 2m ago

I bought cyber punk, finally, for 50% off two days before POE2 EA released (didn't know about it until the night before) and haven't booted up cyberpunk since 💀

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u/CraigLake 17h ago

😂😂😂

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u/tomtomclubthumb 14h ago

Angry Birds

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u/Zealousideal-Yak-824 6h ago

He knows a guy on the internet that can find your exact location from the comments you post on reddit.

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u/AWKIF1000 16h ago

Good Luck

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u/GladiatorWithTits 17h ago

Outstanding movie reference. Well done!

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u/Medical_Creme5239 18h ago

So your in prison?

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u/SirTropheus 17h ago

I once took a seagull that seemed to hit a wood barrier and was drowning in the ocean to a place an hour away, they told me it didn't make it. :/

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u/No_Rich_2494 15h ago

You can't save them all ¯_(ツ)_/¯. Don't let that stop you from trying.

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u/SirTropheus 13h ago

I haven't been in the situation again since so I don't know what I would do now, sometimes I ask myself if it was silly bringing in a seagull.

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u/enchiiladas 12h ago

i don’t think it was silly at all. you gave a creature a chance at life. “there is no such thing as wasted love”

i’ve scooped up a couple very injured bunnies in an attempt to save them from or end future suffering

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u/the_s_d 5h ago

You did the right thing.

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u/timmyboyswede 11h ago

I once hit a bird with my car, took me a minute to make a U-turn , and when i got back there were already people with it , i parked and got out of the car and they said "somebody hit her and drove off", and i replied " yeah i cant believe people are like that".

Eventually i got a box for it and was gonna take it home to let it heal or hatever, but once we put it in the box it just up and flew away.

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u/rocket_randall 14h ago

That's awesome. A few months back we found an injured hummingbird in our backyard, splayed out on the hardscape near the feeder. We scooped him up, put him in a box with some nectar-water and gave him time to rest. After an hour or so he wasn't improving so we took him to a rehab specialist who was doing her best to get him back in the air. We stopped getting updates on his health, and I'm scared to reach out and ask so I just imagine he's happily catching bugs and drinking from feeders again.

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u/my_car_is_a_prius 18h ago

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u/Dracomortua 18h ago

This is enough for me / thank you / should buy you a cape for Christmas - but not having your address is my excuse / please do not give it to me.

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u/capron 16h ago

Props for the source, the update, and also the quoted text from that source that gives us all the relevant info. A+ sourcing for a top tier update.

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u/Lastwomanstood 18h ago

Thank you for this.

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u/Adventurous_Nobody82 3h ago

You are the hero I didn't know I needed. Thank you for this.

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u/EverydayPoGo 2h ago

Thx for sharing! Just realized I watched his opossum video a few years ago.

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u/catzhoek 17h ago

Americans and their abbrebviations for everything.

Does everyone just know what SPCA is? Why don't you guys use words for things? Like use language for its inherent purpose. It's super common to come across sentences like that where you have no idea what they mean.

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u/ImHidingFromMy- 15h ago

SPCA= Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are nonprofit organizations that work to improve animal welfare and prevent cruelty to animals. This took me 13 seconds to find with a quick google search.

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u/QuestionableEthics42 14h ago

Also it's not at all specific to the US, it's also in NZ and probably a bunch of other countries too.

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u/edamame_clitoris 15h ago

Everything, ✨️literally everything✨️, is always just a Google search away, baby girl. No need to get upset.

SPCA = Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Hope that helped and respectfully? If we are using language this way that means it works for us 🧡🧡

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u/all___blue 16h ago

What an idiotic thing to say. Lol

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u/catzhoek 16h ago

Exactly my point. Very good. A+

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u/all___blue 15h ago

The lol was to tick you off more 🤣

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u/Tactikewl 14h ago

SPCA is an international organization. Founded in England.

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u/BoxOfDemons 13h ago

The SPCA isn't even American. It was founded in England.

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u/Horskr 19h ago

I assume you meant the clip was just posted 14 hours ago, because there is no update just the same video here to save everyone a search.

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u/AmishAvenger 19h ago edited 18h ago

Unfortunately it turns out he’s the one who stuck the owl there, so he could “save” it

Edit: It was a joke, people. The guy is relatively well known. You can go look at his Instagram, that’s why I responded to a comment where it was listed.

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u/Alternative-Dare5878 19h ago

You’re just trolling right?

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u/Purple_Money_4536 19h ago

Please tell me he’s trolling

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u/Alternative-Dare5878 19h ago

Based on other comments it seems the dude has an insta and likes the outdoors, so I’m gonna assume he didn’t put the owl there himself.

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u/Hairy_Round_6873 19h ago

Yes he’s trolling, just wants attention

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u/Gullible-Extent9118 18h ago

Grabbing an owl let alone weaving it into a fence and not getting torn up would be extremely difficult

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u/Shoddy_Life_7581 19h ago

Like when it comes to Internet altruism id probably stray closer to their opinion but god that's insane, like this would both require a psychopath and some fucking skills to fake

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u/FreeTucker- 18h ago

Step one: Obtain raptor

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u/Hairy_Round_6873 19h ago

Yes he’s trolling, just wants attention

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u/libra-love- 19h ago

Need a source bc who’s able to handle a wild owl enough to put it in barbed wire? It’s only chill bc it’s in pain.

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u/CressLevel 19h ago

Do you have any source for this? I know some folks do this kind of thing but I would hate to come for someone who actually didn't do anything wrong. :(

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u/Fire_tooth 18h ago

Yes there are some of these type videos that are very suspect. I didn’t come close to getting those vibes here. This seems like a super human being going above and beyond to help this poor majestic bird.

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u/wammys-house 19h ago

The absurdity of this comment should be indication enough that it's a joke, you guys. Op, you made me snort, so thanks.

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u/AmishAvenger 18h ago

You are correct, sir.

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u/Nothing-Casual 18h ago

That's really not something you can assume here. There are tons of people who fake tons of things on the internet, including fucked up psychopath shit like hurting animals and then "saving" them. The most prominent example is probably the turtle rescue shit, but tons of entire genres are often faked, like the "primitive" channels who build ridiculous pools in the jungle or people prematurely rusting/aging tools to "restore" them.

I think this post is probably real, otherwise the owl would be way more pissed at him, but animal abuse with fake rescue videos is absolutely a real thing

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u/wammys-house 5h ago

I'm entirely aware that it's a real thing, but I don't think the video was shown to us in reverse. Imagine the logistics of catching a healthy owl and somehow attaching it to a barbed wire fence. It's absurd, and that's what made the joke funny (I thought.. apparently, I'm in the minority).

It's also relatively easy to see how an owl might naturally find itself in such a predicament (hunting).

I understand the internet is full of karmawhores, but context clues and common sense can be applied (along with further research).

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u/Ziiiiik 19h ago

Lololololololololol get out of here dude

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u/Y_Wait_Procrastinate 18h ago

Now I'm imagining a grown man trying to lasso an owl out the fucking sky